{"id":3038,"date":"2015-01-14T00:26:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T05:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2015-01-14T00:26:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T05:26:40","slug":"malcolm-gladwell-audiobooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/01\/14\/malcolm-gladwell-audiobooks","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Gladwell audiobooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first book from Malcolm Gladwell I read was The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference<\/a>\"\" back in 2007<\/a>. I continued to read Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking<\/a>\"\" in 2008. And then it seems I\u2019ve weaned off Gladwell, with the exception of his pieces in magazines like The New Yorker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve started listening to audiobooks again, most of last year, because I find that when I go to the gym, its much better than listening to music on repeat. So I listened to Blink<\/a>\"\" again which further cemented ideas in my head. Then I thought I needed to listen to a new book \u2013\u00a0Outliers: The Story of Success<\/a>\"\".\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is his famous book that suggests you have to get some kind of \u201cluck\u201d to practice 10,000 hours to get proficient in things (known as the 10,000 hour rule<\/a>). Examples include the fact that Bill Gates got access to a computer terminal when he was in high school; something that doesn\u2019t happen for many people during that time. Opportunities can equate to luck<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some choice quotes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.<\/li>\n
  2. Those three things\u2013autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward\u2013are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. It is not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It\u2019s whether our work fulfills us.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I think its worth reading or listening to these books. I know I\u2019m behind on Gladwell\u2019s stuff – I hear David and Goliath<\/a>\"\" is a good read, and I guess that\u2019s next on my to-read list from him. As for the audiobook format, I think its worth picking books carefully as I like the idea of highlighting on the Kindle (and before that, dog-earing pages and writing copious quotes\/notes). It\u2019s quite hard to do when you\u2019re driving and listen to a great point \u2013 wait for my thoughts on\u00a0Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel\u2019s Economic Miracle<\/a>\"\" which after listening to the audiobook, I also grabbed the Kindle edition (and for what it\u2019s worth, I happen to have the dead-tree edition as well \u2013 go figure).<\/p>\n

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