In cognitively demanding fields, there are no naturals. Nobody walks into an operating room straight out of a surgical rotation and does world-class neurosurgery. Malcolm Gladwell classcognitivelydemand Change image and share on social
I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties. Malcolm Gladwell booklatethirty Change image and share on social
I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was the favorite to win, and he lost. I realized in that moment the pain he felt was so much greater than the pain that those who never thought they were going to win would have felt had they lost. Malcolm Gladwell athletebigcheer share on social
Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long. Malcolm Gladwell davidgoliathhave share on social
I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories. Malcolm Gladwell complicatedrawhave Change image and share on social
Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs. Malcolm Gladwell entrepreneureraforget Change image and share on social