Malcolm Gladwell

In cognitively demanding fields, there are no naturals. Nobody walks into an operating room straight out of a surgical rotation and does world-class neurosurgery.

Malcolm Gladwell

In cross-country skiing, athletes propel themselves over distances of ten and twenty miles – a physical challenge that places intense demands on the ability of their red blood cells to deliver oxygen to their muscles.

Malcolm Gladwell

In epidemics, the messenger matters: messengers are what make something spread. But the content of the message matters too. And the specific quality that a message needs to be successful is the quality of ‘stickiness.’

Malcolm Gladwell

In life, most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. All the improvisation teacher has to do is to reverse this skill and he creates very ‘gifted’ improvisers. Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.

Malcolm Gladwell

In the act of tearing something apart, you lose its meaning.

Malcolm Gladwell

In the general American population, 3.9 percent of adult men are six foot two or taller. Among my CEO sample, almost a third were six foot two or taller.

Malcolm Gladwell

In the six degrees of separation, not all degrees are equal.

Malcolm Gladwell

In winter, the lazy man freezes to death.

Malcolm Gladwell

Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and to be willing to challenge their own preconceptions.

Malcolm Gladwell

It is quite possible for people who have never met us and who have spent only twenty minutes thinking about us to come to a better understanding of who we are than people who have known us for years.

Malcolm Gladwell