Sandy Citron

“The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book." There is surely something to that. But it wasn't just the children of rabbis who went to law school. It was the children of garment workers. And their critical advantage in climbing the professional ladder wasn't the intellectual rigor you get from studying the Talmud. It was the practical intelligence and savvy you get from watching your father sell aprons on Hester Street.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot. It makes a difference where and when we grew up. The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievements in ways we cannot begin to imagine. It's not enough to ask what successful people are like, in other words. It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“I would encourage every young woman to find at least one beautifully mucky place in which you’re not the expert—and then to wade in.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.”
― GLADWELL MALCOM, Outliers: The Story of Success