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“I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing…. It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“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.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“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.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.”

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Source: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

“Hard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex.”

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Source: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

“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

“To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“There are exceptional people out there who are capable of starting epidemics. All you have to do is find them.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

“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

Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“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.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: Outliers: The Story of Success

“Arousal leaves us mind-blind.”

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Source: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

“There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.”

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Source: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking