Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.Malcolm Gladwell
Who we are cannot be separated from where we're from.Malcolm Gladwell
Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.Malcolm Gladwell
Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.Malcolm Gladwell
The sense of possibility so necessary for success comes not just from inside us or from our parents. It comes from our time: from the particular opportunities that our particular place in history presents us with.Malcolm Gladwell
Autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward—are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.Malcolm Gladwell
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.Malcolm Gladwell
We overlook just how large a role we all play—and by 'we' I mean society—in determining who makes it and who doesn’t.Malcolm Gladwell
Achievement is talent plus preparation.Malcolm Gladwell
No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.Malcolm Gladwell