Jack

“Even in his discussion of Harvard, it’s as if Langan has no conception of the culture and particulars of the institution he’s talking about. When you accept a paycheck from these people, it is going to come down to what you want to do and what you feel is right versus what the man says you can do to receive another paycheck. What?”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“Those three things—autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward—are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“None of those things, though, will improve her math and reading skills, and every carefree summer day she spends puts her further and further behind Alex.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success