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Tag: Malcolm Gladwell

  • These three things ensure the work we do is truly satisfying

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Outliers

    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.”

  • This is what SUCCESS is a function of

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Outliers

    Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.”

  • What goes into making OUTLIERS?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Outliers

    Outliers are those who have been given opportunities—and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.”

  • Money alone cannot give us fulfillment , this is WHY

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Outliers

    It’s not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It’s whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.”

  • Making true sense out of INSIGHT

    Adopted from the following insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Tipping Point

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

  • Changing fundamental belief and behavior of masses is difficult , this is why

    Adopted from the following insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Tipping Point

    If you want to bring a fundamental change in people’s belief and behavior…you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be practiced and expressed and nurtured.”

  • An inspiration to patiently scan our respective TIPPING points

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Tipping Point

    Look at the world around you. It may seem like an immovable, implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push—in just the right place—it can be tipped.”

  • We have heard about TIPPING point, this is what it means

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book Tipping Point

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

  • Experience and maturity help us decode SNAP judgements

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book BLINK

    Our unconscious reactions come out of a locked room, and we can’t look inside that room. but with experience we become expert at using our behavior and our training to interpret – and decode – what lies behind our snap judgment and first impressions.”

  • The power of SNAP judgements

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Malcolm Gladwell from the book BLINK , teaches us to respect a whole new point of view , that of SNAP judgements..

    Anyone who has ever scanned the bookshelves of a new girlfriend or boyfriend- or peeked inside his or her medicine cabinet- understands this implicitly; you can learn as much – or more – from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.”