Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born September 3, 1963) is an English-born Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996.
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[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act – and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment – are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize.
It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success.
Acquaintances, in sort, represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.