We are bad lie detectors in those situations when the person we’re judging is mismatched. - Malcolm Gladwell

We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.

concerted cultivation. He gets taken to museums and gets enrolled in special programs and goes to summer camp, where he takes classes. When he’s bored at home, there are plenty of books to read, and his parents see it as their responsibility to keep him actively engaged in the world around him. It’s not hard to see how Alex would get better at reading and math over the summer.

We all know that successful people come from hardy seeds. But do we know enough about the sunlight