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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”
― Sula
― Sula
“There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.”
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
“The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths of the best and the brightest and the self-made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth. We look at the young Bill Gates and marvel that our world allowed that thirteen-year-old to become a fabulously successful entrepreneur. But that's the wrong lesson. Our world only allowed one thirteen-year-old unlimited access to a time sharing terminal in 1968. If a million teenagers had been given the same opportunity, how many more Microsofts would we have today?”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
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Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
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