Malcolm Gladwell Outliers

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Genius: a Talk With Edwidge Danticat

Martha St Jean | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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"When [my first novel] was just published, people walked up to me and told me that someone who worked at their house is Haitian," Danticat said. "Now there are a number of people telling me that their doctor is Haitian."

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What Makes Successful CEOs Tick?

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

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What makes for uber-success? It is not sheer intellect, and it's not only social skill. It is, as Malcolm Gladwell defines talent, deliberate practice.

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Gender Elephant in the Gladwell's Outlier Living Room

Ellen Snortland | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

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Public challenge to Malcolm Gladwell: examine the "glass ceiling," the long shadow cast by both rich and poor men's forms of primogeniture.

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Malcolm Gladwell and Others Bring a Novel Approach to Book Readings

Danny Groner | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

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Reading aloud from their books, authors hope that readers will relate to the material, its characters, themes, comedic moments and underlying messages. When writers can convey these elements themselves, it's even more potentially provocative and lucrative.

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Why Little Louie Can Never Be A Genius

Gerald Sindell | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

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Only a very few of have a certain level of gift that is completely beyond anything 10,000 or even a million hours of focused work can give you. These are the geniuses. And their gift came from inside.

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What If Help Were Closer Than You Think?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

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We are going to get through this, together. As President Obama put it: "We will rebuild." Despite the downward spiraling charts depicting this globa...

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The Spirit of Invention

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

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Through a collective desire to invent what had not been invented before, I had been given the chance to identify how old assumptions carry the power to limit the present.

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The Zen of Dating

Michael Sigman | Posted 01.23.2009 | Living

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Before God created match.com, single people used to get fixed up by their friends. That way, in addition to romantic disappointment when it didn't work out, you could be mad at your friend too.

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Outliers and the Hillbilly Sterotype

Don McNay | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

I would like to see Malcolm Gladwell test his theory about Southerners being more prone to violence than Northerners.

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Malcolm Gladwell, Geek Pop Star, On Why We Have Little Control Over Our Success

New York Magazine | Jason Zengerle | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

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I don't really think of myself as an outlier. It's a Friday afternoon in mid-October, one month before his new book about incredibly successful peopl...

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