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Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game? Picture Quote #1

So, it’s a very, you know - maybe we’re wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who’s first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field Picture Quote #1

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There’s a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria Picture Quote #1

You don’t want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don’t want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They’re the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs’ history, he’s never been first Picture Quote #1

The answer is that we are not helpless in the face of our first impressions. They may bubble up from the unconscious - from behind a locked door inside of our brain - but just because something is outside of awareness doesn’t mean it’s outside of control Picture Quote #1

Re-reading is much underrated. I’ve read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold once every five years since I was 15. I only started to understand it the third time Picture Quote #1

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Our unconscious reactions come out of a locked room, and we can’t look inside that room. but with experience we become expert at using our behavior and our training to interpret - and decode - what lies behind our snap judgment and first impressions Picture Quote #1

Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that’s because they don’t understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It’s hard to measure new songs Picture Quote #1

Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They’d have nothing to blog about Picture Quote #1

In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if Alexander Graham Bell had fallen into the Grand River and drowned that day back in Brantford, the world would still have had the telephone, the only difference being that the telephone company would have been nicknamed Ma Gray, not Ma Bell Picture Quote #1

If your parents are billionaires, that might actually be an obstacle to your own happiness and self-development. If you go to Oxford or Harvard, that might actually thwart your desire to graduate with a science or math degree Picture Quote #1

It changes how people read you if you believe in God. It gives insight into your motivation, how you look at problems and how you deal with people Picture Quote #1

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An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That’s one of the little-known facts Picture Quote #1

I don’t think we [people] are averse to thinking about things in a deep way, but we have limited time and opportunity to think about things in a deep way. I think that’s why there is an appetite for non-fiction - it gives people the opportunity to reexamine ordinary experience and be smarter about it Picture Quote #1

People are experience-rich and theory-poor. I help people organize / make sense of their experiences Picture Quote #1

Age-class running, as you know, is completely unreliable. It’s based on this artificial thing, which is that people who are the same age have the same level of physical maturity. Which just isn’t true Picture Quote #1

What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don’t judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation Picture Quote #1

It’s not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes constraints actually create success. Not being able to swim made me run. And running taught me the discipline I needed as a writer Picture Quote #1

I’ve had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I’ve always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories Picture Quote #1

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct Picture Quote #1

If you go to an elite school where the other students in your class are all really brilliant, you run the risk of mistakenly believing yourself to not be a good student Picture Quote #1

I don’t want a door bell. I don’t want anyone ringing my door bell... seems to be intrusive. They can call me on their cell phones Picture Quote #1

To be someone’s best friend requires a minimum investment of time. More than that, though, it takes emotional energy. Caring about someone deeply is exhausting Picture Quote #1

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It is quite possible for people who have never met us and who have spent only twenty minutes thinking about us to come to a better understanding of who we are than people who have known us for years Picture Quote #1

In my mid-adolescence, my friend Terry Martin and I became obsessed with William F. Buckley. This makes more sense when you realize that we were living in Bible Belt farming country miles from civilization. Buckley seemed impossibly exotic Picture Quote #1

As human beings, we always expect everyday change to happen slowly and steadily, and for there to be some relationship between cause and effect Picture Quote #1

Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions . . . by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions Picture Quote #1

Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you’re smarter than you were before Picture Quote #1

Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I’m someone who changes his mind all the time Picture Quote #1

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Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game? (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) So, it’s a very, you know - maybe we’re wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who’s first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There’s a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) You don’t want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don’t want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They’re the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs’ history, he’s never been first (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The answer is that we are not helpless in the face of our first impressions. They may bubble up from the unconscious - from behind a locked door inside of our brain - but just because something is outside of awareness doesn’t mean it’s outside of control (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Re-reading is much underrated. I’ve read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold once every five years since I was 15. I only started to understand it the third time (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Our unconscious reactions come out of a locked room, and we can’t look inside that room. but with experience we become expert at using our behavior and our training to interpret - and decode - what lies behind our snap judgment and first impressions (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that’s because they don’t understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It’s hard to measure new songs (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They’d have nothing to blog about (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if Alexander Graham Bell had fallen into the Grand River and drowned that day back in Brantford, the world would still have had the telephone, the only difference being that the telephone company would have been nicknamed Ma Gray, not Ma Bell (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) If your parents are billionaires, that might actually be an obstacle to your own happiness and self-development. If you go to Oxford or Harvard, that might actually thwart your desire to graduate with a science or math degree (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) It changes how people read you if you believe in God. It gives insight into your motivation, how you look at problems and how you deal with people (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That’s one of the little-known facts (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I don’t think we [people] are averse to thinking about things in a deep way, but we have limited time and opportunity to think about things in a deep way. I think that’s why there is an appetite for non-fiction - it gives people the opportunity to reexamine ordinary experience and be smarter about it (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) People are experience-rich and theory-poor. I help people organize / make sense of their experiences (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Age-class running, as you know, is completely unreliable. It’s based on this artificial thing, which is that people who are the same age have the same level of physical maturity. Which just isn’t true. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don’t judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) It’s not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Sometimes constraints actually create success. Not being able to swim made me run. And running taught me the discipline I needed as a writer. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I’ve had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I’ve always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) If you go to an elite school where the other students in your class are all really brilliant, you run the risk of mistakenly believing yourself to not be a good student. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I don’t want a door bell. I don’t want anyone ringing my door bell... seems to be intrusive. They can call me on their cell phones. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) To be someone’s best friend requires a minimum investment of time. More than that, though, it takes emotional energy. Caring about someone deeply is exhausting. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) It is quite possible for people who have never met us and who have spent only twenty minutes thinking about us to come to a better understanding of who we are than people who have known us for years. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) In my mid-adolescence, my friend Terry Martin and I became obsessed with William F. Buckley. This makes more sense when you realize that we were living in Bible Belt farming country miles from civilization. Buckley seemed impossibly exotic. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) As human beings, we always expect everyday change to happen slowly and steadily, and for there to be some relationship between cause and effect. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions . . . by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you’re smarter than you were before. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I’m someone who changes his mind all the time. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes)

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