Malcolm Gladwell

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig. (150) ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#ethics

That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#sociology #paradox

Hard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#inspirational-attitude #inspirational-quotes #attitude

being able to act intelligently and instinctively in the moment is possible only after a long and rigorous of education and experience ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#education

In the general American population, 3.9 percent of adult men are six foot two or taller. Among my CEO sample, almost a third were six foot two or taller. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#assumptions #prejudice #men

Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#first-impressions #passion #change

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#because #bill #bill gates #cure #gates

The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids." ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#baseball #best #crack #down #example

Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#era #forgotten #great #jobs #people

Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game? ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#destroy #does #first #game #give