“If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.” IfsNeedsDecisionQualityAcceptingJudgmentMysteriousSnapsBlinkDecisions We MakeSnap Judgment Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“You need to have the ability to gracefully navigate the world.” WorldNeedsAbilityTravelNavigateTravel The World Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their own preconceptions. They also need to be conscientious. An innovator who has brilliant ideas but lacks the discipline and persistence to carry them out is merely a dreamer ... But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable ... They are people willing to take social risks-to do things that others might disapprove of.” PeopleNeedsIdeasMightAbleSocialChallengesCreativityImagineRiskDesignWillingDisciplineBrilliantPersistenceDreamerInnovatorsBrilliant IdeasDisagreeablePreconceptions Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing?” IfsNeedsDoeValuesSocialApprovalInnovative Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Jenny Simpson loses her shoe in the women's fifteen hundred, with a lap and a half to go, destroying her chances to repeat as world champion, and she gives the most gracious interview afterward about how she's had a wonderful career already. Great for Jenny Simpson. Bad for the sport! We need drama!” WorldNeedsGivingSportsLosesChanceHalfCareersWonderfulDramaHundredShoesChampionRepeatsInterviewsDestroyingFifteenLapGraciousWorld ChampionsJenny Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“What track needs to figure out: how to engage us between the races. Instead, the entire off-the-track conversation is about doping. This is how you kill a sport.” NeedsSportsRaceFiguresConversationTrackDoping Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The Rule of 150 says that congregants of a rapidly expanding church, or the members of a social club, or anyone in a group activity banking on the epidemic spread of shared ideals needs to be particularly cognizant of the perils of the bigness. Crossing the 150 line is a small change that can make a big difference.” NeedsBigsSocialDifferencesChurchLinesGroupsActivityMembersIdealsClubsSpreadBankingExpandingPerilCrossingsEpidemicsSmall ChangesCognizant Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.” WorldNeedsTodayOpportunityBreakBirthLuckyAdvantageDetermineAccidentsFortunateArbitraryOutliersHappy AccidentsPatchworkLucky Breaks Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way...We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that - sometimes - we're better off that way.” IfsKnowsWorldWayNeedsFeelsSometimesFactsDecisionAcceptingKnowingPreparedOur WorldBe PreparedBetter Off Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“We need to look at the subtle, the hidden, and the unspoken.” NeedsLooksSubtleUnspoken Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“If you want to bring a fundamental change in people's belief and behavior...you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be practiced and expressed and nurtured.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsBeliefCommunityBehaviorFundamentalsTippingTipping Point Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You should be afraid to meet your maker." Rock, despite being Catholic replied, "My dear Madam, in my faith, we are taught that the Lord is with us always. When my time comes, there will be no need for introductions."” NeedsShouldLordRocksTaughtBirthMoralityEthicsCatholicDearDespiteMy TimeMakersDistributionPillsIntroductionInventorApprovedOne WomanBirth ControlBirth Control Pills Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen.” IfsNeedsLeaderMoralClearEntrepreneurBusinessmanGreat BusinessGreat Businessman Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery, needs to happen from the bottom to the top.” ThinkingNeedsRealHappensCareInnovationBottomHealth CareDelivery Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.” IfsThinkingNeedsBoxesFixingOutside The BoxThink Outside The Box Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Those with health insurance are overinsured and their behavior is distorted by moral hazard. Those without health insurance use their own money to make decisions based on an assessment of their needs. The insured are wasteful. The uninsured are prudent. So what's the solution? Make the insured a little more like the uninsured.” NeedsLittlesUseDecisionMoralBehaviorSolutionsHazardsAssessmentPrudentMoral Hazard Author:Malcolm Gladwell
