What the Dog Saw – Malcolm Gladwell

Thanks go to Leona for mentioning Malcolm Gladwell’s new book ”What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures” and two of the articles she likes. I googled the articles and found them from Gladwell’s and I’m posting it to share.

“The Art of Failure: Why Some People Choke and Others Panic“

“Late Bloomers: Why do we equate genius with precocity?“

Bonus article from the book title: “What the dog saw: Cesar Millan and the movements of mastery“

P.S. Over the years, I’ve collected a few insightful video presentations by Gladwell. Check them out here and here. Have fun.

P.P.S. 想深一層，Leona 寫，

“香港曾是一個充滿活力、容許失敗、鼓勵「馬死落地行」的城市，但從什麼時候起，我們的社會開始害怕轉軌、不再包容主流以外的選擇、人們拒絕冒險？”

我看其實”鼓勵「馬死落地行」”，本身便有點要人順應「主流」的味道。香港人(中國人?)根本從來都不太包容”放棄薪高糧準的律師工作，開始寫作”(giving up a respectable job/pay and trying something “different”) 的人。這可能是 cultural mindset/peer pressure 的問題。在外國，地方大，人自由一點，因而亦可以自我一點。