“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
“Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“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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“As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]”
― The Penultimate Peril
― The Penultimate Peril
“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”
― Sula
― Sula
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