Serious: not joking or trifling; being in earnest ————- Here’s a simple truth about Steve Jobs. He took things very seriously. Every task; every word; every presentation; every-thing. Though he made his presentations fun, you got the distinct impression that they were very important to him. He took them seriously. Where did this come from? Where… Read More Steve Jobs Took Things Seriously
I like curious people. I think curiosity is the prelude to break-through thinking. And my favorite authors are insatiably curious. Here’s a quote from Bob Morris’ review of What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell: In the Preface, Gladwell observes, “Curiosity about the inner life of other people’s day-to-day work is one of the most… Read More The Most Important Trait – Could It Be Curiosity?
Cheryl offers: A few months ago, we decided to create a new offering for women’s business topics. Since we regularly attend the First Friday Book Synopsis, and we read a lot of books on women’s issues, we thought it might be interesting to blend the two concepts. That’s how we came up with the idea… Read More Curiosity is High-Test Fuel
I have spent the morning reading Atul Gawande. For those who are already fans, forgive my lateness to the party. But I’m now fully hooked. Atul Gawande is a surgeon, an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, the director of the World Health Organization’s Global Challenge for Safer Surgical Care, a MacArthur Fellowship… Read More Some Reflections on Malcolm Gladwell, Atul Gawande, Curiosity, Story-Telling, and Complexity
I just checked, for the fun of it. And Outliers: The Story of Success, is the second highest non-fiction book on the over-all list of bests sellers on Amazon.com. The Tipping Point, after nearly nine years, is still in the top 50. And his second book, Blink, is still in the top 100. This is… Read More Malcolm Gladwell’s Enduring Appeal — Consider Outliers and The Tipping Point
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