"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, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference",
2000)
"The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend,
or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire." (Malcolm
Gladwell, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference", 2000)
"Every moment – every blink – is composed of a series of
discrete moving parts, and every one of those parts offers an opportunity for
intervention, for reform, and for correction."
"Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)
"Taking our powers of rapid cognition seriously means we have
to acknowledge the subtle influences that can alter or undermine or bias the
products of our unconscious."
"The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)
"The values of the world we inhabit and the people we
surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are."
"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." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Outliers:
The Story of Success", 2008)
"Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)
"We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction." (Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking", 2008)
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