To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success — the fortunate birth … - Malcolm Gladwell

But the problem was, Sacks wasn’t comparing herself to all the students in the world taking Organic Chemistry. She was comparing herself to her fellow students at Brown. She was a Little Fish in one of the deepest and most competitive ponds in the country — and the experience of comparing herself to all the other brilliant fish shattered her confidence. It made her feel stupid, even

No one-not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses-ever makes it alone

The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts.