Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.
Malcolm GladwellHard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation
Malcolm GladwellStichwörter: inspirational inspirational-quotes inspirational-attitude
the futility of something is not always (in love and in politics) a sufficient argument against it.
Malcolm GladwellIncompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.
Malcolm GladwellLet me give you one final example of the hidden opportunities that outliers benefit from ...The list of the richest Americans shows that their birth years was the 1830 and 1840. In the 1860-1870, the American economy went through perhaps the greatest transformation in its history...It was when all the rules by which the traditional economy had functioned were broken and remade. What this list says is that it really matters how old you were when that transformation happened... Only one generation in single country" Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell We have the same opportunities now in our country, when the rules is broken and some can be very rich. Think about that for a moment.
Malcolm GladwellAn innate gift and a certain amount of intelligence are important, but what really pays is ordinary experience.
Malcolm GladwellI mean, it’s ridiculous,” Dhuey says. “It’s outlandish that our arbitrary choice of cutoff dates is causing these long-lasting effects, and no one seems to care about them.
Malcolm GladwellThe values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.
Malcolm GladwellLiving a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were—that is, our genes. It depended on the decisions we made—on what we chose to eat, and how much we chose to exercise, and how effectively we were treated by the medical system. No one was used to thinking about health in terms of community.
Malcolm GladwellThe sense of possibility so necessary for success comes not just from inside us or from our parents. It comes from our time: from the particular opportunities that our place in history presents us with.
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