Malcolm Gladwell
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Developing Grit In Our Students
files.eric.ed.govthe picture. In his book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about the 10,000 hours of practice required to excel at a particular skill. "I believe ability can get you to the top," says coach John Woodin, "but it takes character to keep you there. It's so easy to begin thinking you can just turn it on automatically, without proper preparation. It ...
THE BIG IDEAS Mindset
www.cs.uni.edu“Malcolm Gladwell, the author and New Yorker writer, has suggested that as a society we value natural, effortless accomplishment over achievement through effort. We endow our heroes with superhuman abilities that lead them inevitably toward their greatness. It’s as if Midori popped
MILLION DOLLAR MURRAY
dpbh.nv.govMILLION-DOLLAR MURRAY. By: Gladwell, Malcolm, New Yorker, 0028792X, 2/13/2006, Vol. 82, Issue 1 MILLION-DOLLAR MURRAY Section: DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage. Murray Barr was a bear of a man, an ex-marine, six feet tall and heavyset, and when he fell down—