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  • The 10,000 hour rule


    The Every Nation PlogAuthority Authority: 118
    by Larry Matsuwaki   Malcolm Gladwell got me thinking from his book “Outliers” after reading what he called the 10,000 hour rule. He mentions a study done in the early 1990’s by psychologist K. Anders Ericsson at Berlin’s elite Academy of Music. He divided the school’s violinists into three groups: 1) ...
    3 days ago
  • on the wane and back again


    Shibori GirlAuthority Authority: 103
    Lest you think I have not been working and thinking, thinking and working- let me set you straight. Orders shipping out, dyeing, preparing for November shows and some pretty awesome reading among other things going on here. Finished reading “ Outliers “while I was in TX and was rewarded with confirmations of ...
    4 days ago
  • Entrepreneurs Need to Sell


    TechDrawlAuthority Authority: 125
    For tech entrepreneurs out there like me, the allure and excitement of a startup comes from the joy of building a really cool product. There’s an amazing sense of satisfaction in starting with a clean slate and creating a product that’s even better than expected. Unfortunately, successful startups aren’t ...
    1 week ago
  • Malcolm Gladwell and judgment in an age of uncertainty #PBLS


    JT on EDMAuthority Authority: 498
    Copyright © 2009 James Taylor . Visit the original article at Malcolm Gladwell and judgment in an age of uncertainty #PBLS . Malcolm Gladwell took the stage to present next. Malcolm is the author of some great books (such as Blink , reviewed here , and Outliers ). Gladwell began by noting that Vegas seems an ...
    1 week ago
  • Blogging and 10,000 Hours


    ChurchCrunchAuthority Authority: 525
    The title to this post seems ridiculous to me because it seems to me that it’s so obvious. But I’ll admit, I haven’t always had this attitude nor this perspective. As a member of the so-called Generation Y, I have a problem with pressures and entrapments of entitlement and being “successful” without ...
    1 week ago
  • Malcolm Gladwell interview


    Family: News and advice on family matters children and parentsAuthority Authority: 974
    Ferraris bore him systems fascinate him and unravelling human behaviour obsesses him.
    2 weeks ago
  • Skinny Toddlers Also Cant Get Insurance? [Pre-existing Conditions]


    ConsumeristAuthority Authority: 776
    We guess we should have seen this one coming. After news broke of the uninsurable fat baby last week, MSNBC found a similar case on the other end of the spectrum. A Colorado family with a 22-pound two-year-old says that United HealthCare told them their daughter Aislin is too small to qualify for insurance under ...
    2 weeks ago
  • “HUM Girlfriends” to Enable Young Indian Women Innovators


    Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's NotebookAuthority Authority: 401
    “Giving back” is the phrase one often hears from celebrities who use some of their fame and fortune to help others.  Successful business people often give back as well, but we don’t usually hear about it. That’s why I was taken by the story of HUM Girlfriends (HUM is the Hindi/Urdu word for “We”). ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein


    Ten to Eight to EightAuthority Authority: 141
    Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein : yewknee : kateoplis : Oscar Wrigley, a two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has become the youngest boy in Britain to be accepted into Mensa. He has been ranked in the 99.99th percentile of the population and has been ranked off the ...
    3 weeks ago
  • More than Just a Kiss


    Blog for Cranial GunkAuthority Authority: 99
    Marita doesn’t need a brand-new school with acres of playing fields and gleaming facilities. She doesn’t need a laptop, a smaller class, a teacher with a PhD, or a bigger apartment. She doesn’t need a higher IQ or a mind as quick as Chris Langan’s . All those things would be nice, of course. But they miss the ...
    3 weeks ago
  • The 10,000-Hour Rule


    Dan Miller's BlogAuthority Authority: 113
    The second chapter in the new book Outliers is titled The 10,000-Hour Rule .  Author Malcolm Gladwell shares his research that shows few people get to the top of their game without putting in at least 10,000 hours of preparation. ”The closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Book Review: Outliers


    Just Five More MinutesAuthority Authority: 110
    I enjoy books that make me look at an issue from a completely new perspective. It’s unsurprising, then, that I enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink and especially his The Tipping Point , both of which discussed rather everyday phenomena (decision-making and epidemics) from fresh angles. When one of Hubby’s ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Malcolm Gladwell on the Danger of Overconfidence


    churchrelevance.comAuthority Authority: 469
    Malcolm Gladwell , author of The Tipping Point , Blink , and Outliers , discussed the danger of overconfidence during Catalyst Conference’s second session. Here is what he said: People who were experts still made mistakes, which led to the current financial crises. If you have more information, do you ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Outliers; a Book Review


    Qwaider PlanetAuthority Authority: 165
    Malcolm Gladwell is the author of Blink and The Tipping Point, which I read a while back and enjoyed. I love how his style is simple, straightforward and well researched. The way he explains everything Read More......( read more )
    4 weeks ago
  • Banking on outlier detection


    Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 153
    (Inderscience Publishers) Recent bank failures point to the continuing need for vigilance by regulators and investors. Now, a report in the International Journal of Operational Research, discusses the possibility of an early-warning system that spots the outliers before they fail.
    4 weeks ago
  • Early Bird Tickets Available for Malcolm Gladwell in Vancouver


    Big Marketing For Small BusinessAuthority Authority: 103
    Lindsay Smith announced today on her blog that early bird tickets are now available for the F5 Expo featuring bestselling author of Tipping Point and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell . As I mentioned in an earlier post , F5 Expo will focus on future trends in the online space including social media, digital media, ...
    4 weeks ago
  • The Forbes 400: What it takes to join the billionaires club


    DailyFinanceAuthority Authority: 790
    Filed under: Economy , People , Media Did you know that 14 percent of the self-made billionaires on the Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest people in the US didnt graduate from college? How about the fact that an unusually high percentage of them were born in the fall? Would you be surprised to learn that many of ...
    5 weeks ago
  • Putting in the hours


    Donna AlwardAuthority Authority: 124
    Working on: Chapter 2 of CDB Listening to: Most Relaxing Chamber music album in the world - ever! (Ever after known as "chamber music" LOL) Reading: The Inn at Eagle Point and The Writers Journey Michelle has blogged today a bit on Gladwells Outliers , which I reviewed last month. I was reading her blog today ...
    7 weeks ago

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