All Posts Tagged With: "Malcolm Gladwell"

I don’t write a blog post every day for the simple reason that I don’t have something that’s truly inspiring, relevant, and unique to say every day. I think it’s far more important to write what’s important than to simply write something as often as possible.

When I’m not writing, I spend a lot of time reading others’ blogs in my continued efforts to further explore the world and discover the power of design, psychology, neuroscience, marketing, and more. Here are just a few of the places I hit with my browser’s RSS reader each day:

1. Seth Godin’s Blog
2. Notcot
3. Neuromarketing Blog
4. Below The Clouds (It’s in Swedish, but they have a translate button that works quite well)
5. Wired

Of course, aside from the web, I also spend a lot of time at one of the fifty Starbucks in the city reading books about the very same topics. Here’s a quick list of three of my recent favorites:

1. Buyology by Martin Lindstrom
2. Tribes by Seth Godin
3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

After watching Fox’s pilot for their new show, Lie to Me, the other night, I did a little research to find out whether or not it’s actually possible to tell whether or not someone’s lying just by looking at their face. Long story short? Yes, it is. Continued

After finishing Malcolm Gladwell’s most recent masterpiece, Outliers, which details success in relation to culture and opportunity, I decided to explore a small opportune phenomenon of my own. When I was a child, I attended Montessori school at the wishes of my parents. Essentially, the idea behind these schools is to expose children to new ideas and individual learning experiences from an early age to create well-rounded individuals with a unique desire to learn. While I didn’t know it at the time, my days at Montessori were beginning to shape the way in which I interact with and view the world even today. Continued