Malcolm Gladwell

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#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

#problems

Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#inspirational

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#setting-trends #social-behavior #behavior

..... 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

#instinct #judgment #stereotype #judgment

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

#insight

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#balance

...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151) ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#imagination

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#work #prison

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

#first-impression #intuition #nature-vs-nurture #thin-slicing #change