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Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

The most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone. And throughout history, many of the most famous giants have all had acromegaly Picture Quote #1

If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you’re really telling me that education is 10 times better at Harvard than it is at University of Toronto? That seems ridiculous to me Picture Quote #1

I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care Picture Quote #1

It is the new and different that is always most vulnerable to market research Picture Quote #1

Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking Picture Quote #1

You need to have the ability to gracefully navigate the world Picture Quote #1

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Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard Picture Quote #1

Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent Picture Quote #1

When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex Picture Quote #1

The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication Picture Quote #1

Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action Picture Quote #1

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention Picture Quote #1

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Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do Picture Quote #1

If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they’ll yawn too Picture Quote #1

Where they come from matters. They’re products of particular places and environments Picture Quote #1

It would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and comes to all sorts of conclusions Picture Quote #1

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments Picture Quote #1

What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement Picture Quote #1

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That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop thinking and introspecting so much and do a little more acting Picture Quote #1

Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there’s feedback Picture Quote #1

Have you ever wondered... how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists... but the spread of any new and contagious ideology also has a lot to do with the skillful use of group power Picture Quote #1

The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable Picture Quote #1

The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It’s whether our work fulfills us Picture Quote #1

By shifting the balance away from the individual we open the door for the individual. Because we make it obvious that anyone can do it given the right circumstance Picture Quote #1

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I think actually the marketing community is approaching a crisis: There are just too many messages competing for too little attention. That is the fundamental problem Picture Quote #1

Anyone who knows the marketing world knows that ideas come and go, and people latch onto things and think of them as a kind of solution Picture Quote #1

If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can’t need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing? Picture Quote #1

It’s very hard to find someone who’s successful and dislikes what they do Picture Quote #1

Performance ought to improve with experience, and pressure is an obstacle that the diligent can overcome Picture Quote #1

Acquaintances represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are Picture Quote #1

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The most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone. And throughout history, many of the most famous giants have all had acromegaly. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you’re really telling me that education is 10 times better at Harvard than it is at University of Toronto? That seems ridiculous to me. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care. (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) It is the new and different that is always most vulnerable to market research (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) You need to have the ability to gracefully navigate the world (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they’ll yawn too (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Where they come from matters. They’re products of particular places and environments (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) It would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and comes to all sorts of conclusions (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop thinking and introspecting so much and do a little more acting (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there’s feedback (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Have you ever wondered... how religious movements get started? Usually, we think of them as a product of highly charismatic evangelists... but the spread of any new and contagious ideology also has a lot to do with the skillful use of group power (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It’s whether our work fulfills us (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) By shifting the balance away from the individual we open the door for the individual. Because we make it obvious that anyone can do it given the right circumstance (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) I think actually the marketing community is approaching a crisis: There are just too many messages competing for too little attention. That is the fundamental problem (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Anyone who knows the marketing world knows that ideas come and go, and people latch onto things and think of them as a kind of solution (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can’t need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing? (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) It’s very hard to find someone who’s successful and dislikes what they do (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Performance ought to improve with experience, and pressure is an obstacle that the diligent can overcome (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes) Acquaintances represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are (Malcolm Gladwell Quotes)

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