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Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

I became convinced that knowing lots of people was kind of skill, something that the diligent can overcome Picture Quote #1

I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those habits have gone away Picture Quote #1

Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop Picture Quote #1

When it’s easy to make money, you have no incentive to think about development of talent Picture Quote #1

I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk Picture Quote #1

Success is deeply rooted in time and place. You may have the drive to read tons of books on biology. But if there are no books on biology in your library, and the library is never open, your drive is meaningless Picture Quote #1

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The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit Picture Quote #1

What we do as a community, as a society, for each other, matters as much as what we do for ourselves. It sounds a little trite, but there’s a powerful amount of truth in that, I think Picture Quote #1

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis Picture Quote #1

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process Picture Quote #1

We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We’re a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don’t really have an explanation for Picture Quote #1

We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction Picture Quote #1

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We don’t know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don’t always appreciate their fragility Picture Quote #1

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter Picture Quote #1

Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out Picture Quote #1

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire Picture Quote #1

I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don’t work. People don’t rise from nothing... It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t 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

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If we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition Picture Quote #1

Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good Picture Quote #1

... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions Picture Quote #1

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours Picture Quote #1

Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head Picture Quote #1

There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it Picture Quote #1

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There are exceptional people out there who are capable of starting epidemics. All you have to do is find them Picture Quote #1

The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sentence Picture Quote #1

My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child Picture Quote #1

We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we all grow up and the rules we choose to write as a society don’t matter at all 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

You don’t start at the top if you want to find the story. You start in the middle, because it’s the people in the middle who do the actual work in the world Picture Quote #1

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I became convinced that knowing lots of people was kind of skill, something that the diligent can overcome (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those habits have gone away (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) When it’s easy to make money, you have no incentive to think about development of talent (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Success is deeply rooted in time and place. You may have the drive to read tons of books on biology. But if there are no books on biology in your library, and the library is never open, your drive is meaningless (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) What we do as a community, as a society, for each other, matters as much as what we do for ourselves. It sounds a little trite, but there’s a powerful amount of truth in that, I think (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We’re a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don’t really have an explanation for (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) We don’t know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don’t always appreciate their fragility (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don’t work. People don’t rise from nothing... It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t (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) If we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) ... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) There are exceptional people out there who are capable of starting epidemics. All you have to do is find them (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce originality on the level of the sentence (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we all grow up and the rules we choose to write as a society don’t matter at all (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) You don’t start at the top if you want to find the story. You start in the middle, because it’s the people in the middle who do the actual work in the world (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes)

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