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Three Controversial Books on the Mind - Earth Shattering Discovery or Snakeoil?
Facebook feed showed yet another plug from Harvard Business Review (HBR) on Carol Dweck's concept of a growth mindset as it pertains to Microsoft's adaptation. I quit reading the book when she cited Enron executives as role models for creativity and ingenuity as I always thought the creative branch...
Gladwell: Don't go to the top program, go to school where you can be the top student
I have to say, the more I read of his work and the more I listen to him, I love this guy. Thoughts?
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is an awesome author, just finished Outliers a week ago and almost done with Blink. If you hate reading like me but enjoyed Freakonomics, you would absolutely love Outliers, explains why Chinese kids are better at Math and when Pilots are most likely to crash. Random post I know but...
Gladwell's Quarterback Problem in Finance
To me, Gladwell is one of few authors where i can sit down and read his works for hours on end, and I thought i would share one piece with you fellow monkeys. It is about the quarterback problem. More specifically, how any measure we have of determining how well a college qb will fare in the NFL...
Weekend Wars: Outliers vs. Outliers
I'm ambivalent towards Malcolm Gladwell's definition of an outlier . Better yet, I have always thought an interesting argument to exist between the best-selling book's two major points. What is better to possess in abundance, luck or skill? Gladwell uses the "10,000 hour formula" as his definition...
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