Tag Archives | Malcolm Gladwell

R.I.P. Father Abraham style

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Good lord. I’ve been experiencing an enormous amount of creative avoidance with my Father Abraham series lately. You may be aware that I’ve been trying to add some more discipline in my life, even trying to create a structured process to do so. Even after tweaking it, I wasn’t any closer to reaching my goals [...]

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What does a mistake really mean?

Mistakes are like tattoos. We often question the circumstances in which others find themselves in, but we typically have pretty good reasons for our own. It’s not a perfect analogy. Heck, it’s not even a good one. But hopefully it does point out our tendency to judge others more harshly than we judge ourselves. However, [...]

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Bill Simmons plugs his book

Bill Simmons plugs his book

I’ve written before about how I admire the written stylings of Bill Simmons and Malcom Gladwell.  In that post, I wondered what the difference was between a good writer and a good speaker. Last week, I put up a video of Malcolm Gladwell speaking at TED.  Much like his books portray him, he is articulate, [...]

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Malcolm Gladwell’s TED talk

Malcolm Gladwell’s TED talk

Malcolm Gladwell is my favorite writer and one of the brightest thinkers I have come across.  He was invited to give a talk at TED.com, which is a website sprung from an organization dedicated to discussing “ideas worth spreading” in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED).  The video below is from his talk [...]

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Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell….together!

My two favorite writers happen to be friends.  They became friends after learning that they were both enamored with each other’s writing skills.  I am trying to carve out my own writing style, and I look to them to model parts of my writing after.  I was thrilled to see that they decided to share [...]

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