As regular readers know, I was a community organizer for nineteen years before becoming a high school teacher ten years ago. So I have a keen interest in thinking about, writing about and actually Building Influence &...
Read MoreI’ve written several posts, and discussed in my books, the importance of saying “I’m sorry” to students. I just discovered another useful related article, and thought readers might find it helpful if I...
Read MoreI’ve previously posted about Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, David and Goliath. This morning, I was listening to an interview that Dan Pink did with Gladwell and, while he was talking about the battle between David and...
Read MoreThere’s recently been some pushback on the “10,000 Hour Rule” for developing expertise. I think Malcolm Gladwell and Daniel Coyle respond well to critics saying that it downplays the role of genes. An...
Read MoreComplexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule is a new short piece by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker. I don’t think there’s anything particularly new in it – if you’re familiar with what he’s...
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