Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.
Malcolm Gladwell
Incompetence, Confidence, Expertise, Knowledge, Judgment
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“That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.” Malcolm Gladwell
Philosophy, Effort, Success, Determination, Hard work
Malcolm Gladwell Philosophy, Effort, Success, Determination, Hard work“Write down as many different uses that you can think of for the following objects: a brick a blanket This is an example of what’s called a “divergence test.” Malcolm Gladwell
Creativity, Problem-Solving, Divergence, Ideas, Exercise
Malcolm Gladwell Creativity, Problem-Solving, Divergence, Ideas, Exercise“Students who attend what they considered to be their first-choice school were less likely to persist in a biomedical or behavioral science major,” they write. You think you want to go to the fanciest school you can. You don’t.” Malcolm Gladwell
Education, College, Persistence, School, Career
Malcolm Gladwell Education, College, Persistence, School, Career“All three of the great waves of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European immigrants to America innovated.” Malcolm Gladwell
Immigrants, Innovation, Nineteenth Century, History, Culture
Malcolm Gladwell Immigrants, Innovation, Nineteenth Century, History, Culture“Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head.” Malcolm Gladwell
Writing, Communication, Engagement, Persuasion, Expression
Malcolm Gladwell Writing, Communication, Engagement, Persuasion, Expression“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.” Malcolm Gladwell
Perception, Strength, Weakness, Society, Power
Malcolm Gladwell Perception, Strength, Weakness, Society, Power“Eric Hanushek, an economist at Stanford, estimates that the students of a very bad teacher will learn, on average, half a year’s worth of material in one school year. The students in the class of a very good teacher will learn a year and a half’s worth of material. That difference amounts to a year’s worth of learning in a single year. Teacher effects dwarf school effects: your child is actually better off in a bad school with an excellent teacher than in an excellent school with a bad teacher.” Malcolm Gladwell
Education, Teachers, Learning, Impact, School
Malcolm Gladwell Education, Teachers, Learning, Impact, School“Just think about how many times you have criticized someone else, in hindsight, for their failure to spot a liar. You should have known. There were all kinds of red flags. You had doubts. Levine would say that’s the wrong way to think about the problem. The right question is: were there enough red flags to push you over the threshold of belief? If there weren’t, then by defaulting to truth you were only being human.” Malcolm Gladwell
Lies, Trust, Judgment, Deception, Red flags
Malcolm Gladwell Lies, Trust, Judgment, Deception, Red flags“We fall out of truth-default mode only when the case against our initial assumption becomes definitive. We do not behave, in other words, like sober-minded scientists, slowly gathering evidence of the truth or falsity of something before reaching a conclusion. We do the opposite. We start by believing. And we stop believing only when our doubts and misgivings rise to the point where we can no longer explain them away.” Malcolm Gladwell
Belief, Skepticism, Cognitive Bias, Human Nature, Truth
Malcolm Gladwell Belief, Skepticism, Cognitive Bias, Human Nature, Truth“There’s no idea that can’t be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn’t get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old’s.” Malcolm Gladwell
Education, Clarity, Understanding, Communication, Thought
Malcolm Gladwell Education, Clarity, Understanding, Communication, Thought“The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.” Malcolm Gladwell
Sports, Doping, Appreciation, Greatness, Integrity
Malcolm Gladwell Sports, Doping, Appreciation, Greatness, Integrity“These people who link us up with the world, who bridge Omaha and Sharon, who introduce us to our social circles – these people on whom we rely more heavily than we realize – are Connectors, people with a special gift for bringing the world together.” Malcolm Gladwell
Connectors, Social Networks, Relationships, Social Influence, Community
Malcolm Gladwell Connectors, Social Networks, Relationships, Social Influence, Community“My mother read me biblical stories at night.” Malcolm Gladwell
Mother, Biblical Stories, Childhood, Reading, Family
Malcolm Gladwell Mother, Biblical Stories, Childhood, Reading, Family“The psychologist Barry Schwartz recently proposed that elite schools give up their complex admissions process and simply hold a lottery for everyone above the threshold. “Put people into two categories,” Schwartz says. “Good enough and not good enough. The ones who are good enough get put into a hat. And those who are not good enough get rejected.” Malcolm Gladwell
Education, Admissions, Fairness, Elite, Simplification
Malcolm Gladwell Education, Admissions, Fairness, Elite, Simplification“The problem is that buried among the things we hate is a class of products that are in that category only because they are weird. They make us nervous. They are sufficiently different that it takes some time to understand that we actually like them.” Malcolm Gladwell
Perception, Products, Change, Adaptation, Innovation
Malcolm Gladwell Perception, Products, Change, Adaptation, Innovation“The school year in the United States is, on average, 180 days long. The South Korean school year is 220 days long. The Japanese school year is 243 days long.” Malcolm Gladwell
Education, School System, Cultural Differences, Academic Performance, Global Comparison
Malcolm Gladwell Education, School System, Cultural Differences, Academic Performance, Global Comparison“You don’t manage a social wrong. You should be ending it.” Malcolm Gladwell
Social Justice, Ethics, Responsibility, Change, Action
Malcolm Gladwell Social Justice, Ethics, Responsibility, Change, Action