Malcolm Gladwell Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper and re-imagines the world.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.

The difference isn't resources, it's attitude.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

By embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness.

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

Achievement is talent plus preparation

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

Emotion is contagious.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Nobody accomplishes success by themselves.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Acquaintances represent a source of social power and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

Working really hard is what successful people do.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

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