An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone. Malcolm Gladwell abuseaggressivecatch Change image and share on social
Take the great example of the four-minute mile. One guy breaks it, then all of a sudden everyone breaks it. And they break it in such a short period of time that it can't be because they were training harder. It's purely that it was a psychological barrier, and someone had to show them that they could do it. Malcolm Gladwell barrierbreakgreat share on social
If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you're a good student, even though you really are. It's not smart for everyone to want to go to a great school. Malcolm Gladwell classfeelgood Change image and share on social
I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf. Malcolm Gladwell golfgolfedhave Change image and share on social
I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to be physicians. I think we've made it very, very difficult for them to perform their job. I think that's a shame. Malcolm Gladwell constraintdemanddifficult share on social
It is useful to compare the Branch Davidians with the Mormons of the mid-nineteenth century. The Mormons were vilified in those years in large part because Joseph Smith believed in polygamy. Malcolm Gladwell believebranchcentury Change image and share on social
We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility. Malcolm Gladwell fragilityimpressionprecisely Change image and share on social
In my mid-adolescence, my friend Terry Martin and I became obsessed with William F. Buckley. This makes more sense when you realize that we were living in Bible Belt farming country miles from civilization. Buckley seemed impossibly exotic. Malcolm Gladwell adolescencebeltbible share on social
Shallow communities are relatively easy to build. Malcolm Gladwell buildcommunityeasy Change image and share on social
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 destroydruggame Change image and share on social