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ReWorked • Remote Workers Are Working in Their Pajamas and Other WFH Myths
Character, then, isn’t what we think it is or, rather, what we want it to be. It isn’t a stable, easily identifiable set of closely related traits, and it only seems that way because of a glitch in the way our brains are organized. Character is more like a bundle of habits and tendencies and interests, loosely bound together and dependent, at
... See moreMalcolm Gladwell • The Tipping Point
He offered his pilots what everyone from hockey players to software tycoons to takeover lawyers has been offered on the way to success: an opportunity to transform their relationship to their work.
Malcolm Gladwell • Outliers
Maybe so. No one can know for sure what would have happened, but I can tell you that people will always be more inclined to help people they know as opposed to people they don’t know.
Alison Levine • On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else BY GEOFF COLVIN
Daniel H. Pink • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
The first lesson is that Friedman was willing to work hard, take responsibility for himself, and put himself through school. But the second, perhaps more important lesson is that he happened to come along at a time in America when if you were willing to work hard, you could take responsibility for yourself and put yourself through school.
Malcolm Gladwell • Outliers
beware of mistaking past accomplishments and experience for future potential. Background and talent determine where people start, but character skills shape how far they can climb.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
This is the first lesson of the Tipping Point. Starting epidemics requires concentrating resources on a few key areas. The Law of the Few says that Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen are responsible for starting word-of-mouth epidemics, which means that if you are interested in starting a word-of-mouth epidemic, your resources ought to be solely
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