Malcolm Gladwell

For younger kids, repetition is really valuable. They demand it. When they see a show over and over again, they not only are understanding it better, which is a form of power, but just by predicting what is going to happen, I think they feel a real sense of affirmation and self-worth.

Malcolm Gladwell

Gifted children and child prodigies seem most likely to emerge in highly supportive family conditions. In contrast, geniuses have a perverse tendency of growing up in more adverse conditions.

Malcolm Gladwell

Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.

Malcolm Gladwell

Having a parent incarcerated increases a child’s chances of juvenile delinquency between 300 and 400 percent; it increases the odds of a serious psychiatric disorder by 250 percent.

Malcolm Gladwell

High-tech companies like Google or Microsoft carefully measure the cognitive abilities of prospective employees out of the same belief: they are convinced that those at the very top of the IQ scale have the greatest potential.

Malcolm Gladwell

I don’t like things that aren’t true.

Malcolm Gladwell

I feel I change my mind all the time. And I sort of feel 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

I have a new way of doing things, and I don’t care if you think I’m crazy.

Malcolm Gladwell

I think actually the marketing community is approaching a crisis: There are just too many messages competing for too little attention. That is the fundamental problem.

Malcolm Gladwell

I think when one’s working, one works between absolute confidence and absolute doubt, and I got a huge dallop of each.

Malcolm Gladwell