Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Timothy Gladwell, CMis an English-born Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has written five books, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Outliers: The Story of Success, What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures, a collection of his journalism, and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. All five books were...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 September 1963
CountryCanada
The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
All three of the great waves of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European immigrants to America innovated.
Working really hard is what successful people do...
our acquaintances—not our friends—are our greatest source of new ideas and information. the internet lets us exploit the power of these kinds of distant connections with marvellous efficiency.
We can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.
People are in one of two states in a relationship,” Gottman went on. “The first is what I call positive sentiment override, where positive emotion overrides irritability. It’s like a buffer. Their spouse will do something bad, and they’ll say, ‘Oh, he’s just in a crummy mood.’ Or they can be in negative sentiment override, so that even a relatively neutral thing that a partner says gets perceived as negative.
You don't manage a social wrong. You should be ending it.
What does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of those who handle its children?
The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot. It makes a difference where and when we grew up.
When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex.
Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.
The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence.
We overlook just how large a role we all play--and by 'we' I mean society--in determining who makes it and who doesn't.
Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.