Outliers
I read Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell. Meh. Not a whole lot fascinating about it. A few points I thought worth writing down.
- “In transplanting the paesani culture of southern Italy to the hills of eastern Pennsylvania, the Rosetans had created a powerful, protective social structure capable of insulating them from the pressures of the modern world.” [currentblend co-op]
- “practical intelligence” – knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for maximum effect.
- autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward…the three qualities that work has to have to be satisfying.
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