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Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

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  • Umesh Jakharje citiraoпре 8 месеци
    It’s hard not to be persuaded by Gladwell’s thesis. Not only does he assemble a fascinating mix of facts to support his theory — from the impact of Paul Revere to a rash of suicides in Micronesia — but he also manages to weave everything into a cohesive explanation of human behavior. What’s more, we appreciate the optimism of a theory
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    Granovetter argues that it is because when it comes to finding out about new jobs—or, for that matter, new information, or new ideas—“weak ties” are always more important than strong ties.
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    our friends, after all, occupy the same world that you do. They might work with you, or live near you, and go to the same churches, schools, or parties. How much, then, would they know that you wouldn’t know?
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    Connectors are important for more than simply the number of people they know. Their importance is also a function of the kinds of people they know.
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    percent of those he talked to found their job through a personal connection.
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    while most of us are busily choosing whom we would like to know, and rejecting the people who don’t look right or who live out near the airport, or whom we haven’t seen in sixty five
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    an idea or a product comes to a Connector, the more power and opportunity it has as well.
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    the strength of weak ties.
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    And perhaps one of the reasons why so many fashion trends don’t make it into mainstream America is that simply, by sheerest bad fortune, they never happen to meet the approval of a Connector along the way.
  • b9025027095je citiraoпре 2 године
    just as there are people we rely upon to connect us to other people, there are also people we rely upon to connect us with new information. There are people specialists, and there are information specialists.
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