Outliers
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tristin Hopper for the National Post which focuses on the so-called “10,000 hour rule” – enshrined in Gladwell’s bestselling 2008 book Outliers – a misinterpretation by Gladwell that mastery in any…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Construction Credit: Stephen Doyle * * * To the public,…
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As you no doubt know already, an urban myth is an immensely popular story or piece of information circulated as true but is in fact bogus. Two examples in ancient times: the earth is flat and the moon is made…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker, dated June 24th, 2013 and included among the articles accessible in the magazine’s archive. To read all of this article and check out others, please…
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Here is a brief excerpt from Dan Hurley‘s review of Benedict Carey’s recently published book, How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens, published by Random House (2014). It appeared in The New York Times…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker during which he explains how Italian mobsters climbed up the so-called “social ladder” by way of crime. For black criminals, the story has changed.…
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Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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Here is an excerpt from an interview of Malcolm Gladwell by Gaby Wood for The Telegraph. To read the complete interview and check out others, please click here. * * * Conventional wisdom says Malcolm Gladwell is a zany brainbox…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker (August 21, 2013) in which Gladwell makes a vigorous effort to clarify issues that always result from careless reading and simplistic thinking. To read…
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Ask an Expert: How Do I Deal with Being Average?
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ravi Venkatesan for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please…
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