We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves. Malcolm Gladwell More Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell More Quotes From Malcolm Gladwell It takes ten thousand hours to truly master anything. Time spent leads to experience; experience leads to proficiency; and the more proficient you are the more valuable you'll be. Malcolm Gladwell valuablehoursmasters That's your responsibility as a person, as a human being - to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking. Malcolm Gladwell basesresponsibilitythinking The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world. Malcolm Gladwell creativityleadershipwriting Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there's feedback. Malcolm Gladwell environmentdeterminedpractice If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing. Malcolm Gladwell fixingneedsthinking Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you're smarter than you were before. Malcolm Gladwell investingmindmean If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking. Malcolm Gladwell basesifsthinking 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. Malcolm Gladwell persistencecreativityideas The 10,000-hours rule says that if you look at any kind of cognitively complex field, from playing chess to being a neurosurgeon, we see this incredibly consistent pattern that you cannot be good at that unless you practice for 10,000 hours, which is roughly ten years, if you think about four hours a day. Malcolm Gladwell practiceyearsthinking Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good. Malcolm Gladwell morningmotivationalinspirational Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds. Malcolm Gladwell persistencegiving-uphard-work What does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of those who handle its children? Malcolm Gladwell caredoechildren A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention. Malcolm Gladwell conventionsradicalchallenges Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects. Malcolm Gladwell enormousmodestsometimes 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. Malcolm Gladwell communitypeopleneeds We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. Malcolm Gladwell realteachingteacher A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle. Malcolm Gladwell strugglebeautifulworld ...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151) Malcolm Gladwell hard-workimaginationmind 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 epidemicsmovementorder What is learned out of hard work and trial is inevitably more powerful than what is learned easily. Malcolm Gladwell hard-workpowerfultrials
