Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game? Malcolm Gladwell More Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell More Quotes From Malcolm Gladwell If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they'll yawn too. Malcolm Gladwell blind play people We can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't. Malcolm Gladwell outliers logic succeed The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process. Malcolm Gladwell emotional faces feelings The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication. Malcolm Gladwell errors communication teamwork Arousal leaves us mind-blind. Malcolm Gladwell arousal blind mind Poverty is not deprivation, it is isolation. Malcolm Gladwell deprivation isolation poverty The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence. Malcolm Gladwell independence creative children Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do. Malcolm Gladwell viruses messages ideas Change your mind about something significant every day. Malcolm Gladwell changing-your-mind significant mind You can't concentrate on doing anything if you are thinking, “What's gonna happen if it doesn't go right? Malcolm Gladwell ifs happens thinking The goal of storytelling should be to make stories as ubiquitous as music. Malcolm Gladwell storytelling goal stories 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? Malcolm Gladwell approval doe needs Lands' End has undergone three major changes over the past couple of decades. The first was the introduction of an 800 number, in 1978; the second was express delivery, in 1994; and the third was the introduction of a Web site, in 1995. The first two innovations cut the average transaction time-the time between the moment of ordering and the moment the goods are received-from three weeks to four days. The third innovation has cut the transaction time from four days to, well, four days. Malcolm Gladwell cutting couple past It's not about how smart you are. It's about your values. Malcolm Gladwell values smart Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise. Malcolm Gladwell incompetence certainty absence And my advice for college graduates is don't reflexively give money to your alma mater, something particular to Americans that I find extraordinary. Take Princeton, for example - it has more money on a per capita basis than any educational institution in the history of educational institutions. There is no scenario where it can spend all the money its endowment generates every year. If there is anyone who gives a single dollar to Princeton, they have completely lost their mind. I will say that without reservation. Malcolm Gladwell educational college giving You may hate Hillary Clinton and you may have good reason for hating Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton is one person who even if she's elected will be gone one day and you still have the task of keeping American democracy going. Malcolm Gladwell democracy one-day hate There are lots of issues more important than where billionaires donate their money. Malcolm Gladwell billionaire donate important Trump is an innovator who has shown how out of step the political establishment was. Which I think, probably, in the long term will be healthy. We have to figure out how to reinvigorate our political institutions and he's demonstrating to us the urgency of that task. Malcolm Gladwell political long thinking Do I think that American democracy ends if Trump is president? No! I think, there are plenty of checks and balances in place. I think he would do some damage to the country but we would recover. The office of the presidency and American democratic institutions are a lot stronger than one person. So if he wins, our job is just to keep the office strong, right? And hope he'll be replaced by something better! Malcolm Gladwell strong winning country
