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Malcolm Gladwell
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Sorry. I can't resist. John Carson, a fellow runner from Canada, unearthed this photo from the archives of the Toronto Star. It's the finals of the 1500 meters at the Ontario 14-year-old championships, many many years ago. The runner on the left is Dave Reid, who was the greatest Canadian miler of his generation. I will only say this: in this particular race, Reid placed second. I "retired" fro...
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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2000
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Blink
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Outliers: The Story of Success
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2008
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What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
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Theories, Predictions, and Diagnoses: Part Two from What the Dog Saw
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Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius: Part One from What the Dog Saw
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Personality, Character, and Intelligence: Part Three from What the Dog Saw
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Malcolm Gladwell: Collected
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Malcolm Gladwell Box Set
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Blowing Up
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December 2008,
Malcolm Gladwell
"[Outliers] was conceived in a period in which CEOs were bringing down huge paychecks, patting themselves on the back, and arguing that they deserved it and that their success was of their own making. I was curious about that — is it true? Is it a fair assessment to say that highly successful people deserve all the credit for their achievement?" ...More
"[Outliers] was conceived in a period in which CEOs were bringing down huge paychecks, patting themselves on the back, and arguing that they deserved it and that their success was of their own making. I was curious about that — is it true? Is it a fair assessment to say that highly successful people deserve all the credit for their achievement?" ...More
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“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, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
“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, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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