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 GladwellWe overlook just how large a role we all play--and by 'we' I mean society--in determining who makes it and who doesn't.
Malcolm GladwellOur 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 GladwellTag: experience intuition nature-vs-nurture first-impression thin-slicing
Basketball is an intricate, high-speed game filled with split-second, spontaneous decisions. But that spontaneity is possible only when everyone first engages in hours of highly repetitive and structured practice--perfecting their shooting, dribbling, and passing and running plays over and over again--and agrees to play a carefully defined role on the court. . . . spontaneity isn't random.
Malcolm GladwellTag: practice intuition spontaneity thin-slicing
if we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition
Malcolm GladwellTag: subconscious blink thin-slicing gladwell rapid-cognition
Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.
Malcolm GladwellTag: insight
..... 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 GladwellTag: judgment instinct stereotype drawing-conclusions
To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.
Malcolm GladwellFor almost a generation, psychologists around the world have been engaged in a spirited debate over a question that most of us would consider to have been settled years ago. The question is this: is there such a thing as innate talent? The obvious answer is yes. Not every hockey player born in January ends up playing at the professional level. Only some do – the innately talented ones. Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger role preparation seems to play.
Malcolm GladwellTag: achievement
Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.
Malcolm GladwellTag: achievement
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