This is Manny. Manny Ramirez.
Believe it or not, Manny is one of the greatest right handed hitters in Baseball history. He is also a 2 time World Series Champion and 1 time World Series MVP. Manny was also recently suspended from baseball for 50 games for violating the league’s Substance Abuse Policy when he tested [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gladwell’
Manny Being Manny | Some 'Gladwellian' Insight
Another Gladwell Gem | How David Beats Goliath
I cannot get enough Malcolm Gladwell.
Every time I read his work I walk away impressed, enriched and thirsting for more.
Previously I blogged about his book Outliers, which was super. Today I am writing about a recent Gladwell column in the New Yorker. I don’t subscribe to the New Yorker but periodically I check it our [...]
Genius: The Modern View and the Torah View
The most emailed column on NYTimes.com today is this column on genius. In this Op-Ed column, from David Brooks the old question of nature vs. nurture is raised.
Are there people born with elevated talents and skill or are some people the lucky ones who were in the right place at the right time and were [...]
Outliers: Section 1 (and my grandfather)
So I began reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell this weekend. I finished the first section and have an opinion about it. The book’s basic premise is that success is a conglomeration of a lot of factors. Some factors are innate, some factors and communal and some factors are just plain luck.
I think a lot of [...]
Malcolm Gladwell and "Perfection"
In a twist of fate I was sent this link by PJC member Judd Magilnick.
Malcolm Gladwell is a great writer and has had a great influence on my thinking. Perhaps the greatest secular influence on me of all! I have not yet had a chance to read his new book “Outliers” however I have read [...]
