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 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 success motivational people Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity. Malcolm Gladwell triumph adversity opportunity Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs. Malcolm Gladwell entrepreneur jobs people if we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition Malcolm Gladwell cognition rapids environment There is more going on beneath the surface than we think, and more going on in little, finite moments of time than we would guess. Malcolm Gladwell moments littles thinking ..... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions. Malcolm Gladwell would-be success interesting The issue isn't the accuracy of the bombs you have, it's how you use the bombs you have - and more importantly, whether you ought to use bombs at all. Malcolm Gladwell technology motivation inspiration 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." Malcolm Gladwell taught rocks catholic For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of extinguishing it. Malcolm Gladwell phrases opposites love We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we've been given. The world's not fair Malcolm Gladwell advantage natural world Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's hard to measure new songs. Malcolm Gladwell judging doors song The sense of possibility so necessary for success comes not just from inside us or from our parents. It comes from our time: from the particular opportunities that our place in history presents us with. Malcolm Gladwell possibility parent opportunity Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were-that is, our genes. It depended on the decisions we made-on what we chose to eat, and how much we chose to exercise, and how effectively we were treated by the medical system. No one was used to thinking about health in terms of community. Malcolm Gladwell exercise long thinking Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions. Malcolm Gladwell first-impression passion care Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me. Malcolm Gladwell overconfidence incompetence annoying An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone. Malcolm Gladwell abuse drug cutting 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. Malcolm Gladwell entrepreneur leader needs Our acquaintances—not our friends—are our greatest source of new ideas and information. the internet lets us exploit the power of these kinds of distant connections with marvellous efficiency. Malcolm Gladwell connections information ideas Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig. Malcolm Gladwell hard-work business motivational We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we all grow up and the rules we choose to write as a society don't matter at all. Malcolm Gladwell growing-up simple writing
