I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers and the Real Reason You Are a Successful Writer

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 15 Comments »

Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success challenges assumptions about innate genius and natural-born talent. Through a series of detailed examples, Gladwell explains away these gifts by attributing them to ... Read more..

How to Get Out of a Slump, and Handle Pressure Situations Calmly

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing, Web 2.0 | 9 Comments »

It turns out that you can get out of a slump or handle pressure situations comfortably by merely changing your facial expressions. I have been trying this over the past ... Read more..

Malcolmn Gladwell’s Blink: Your First Impression Is Usually Correct in Complex Situations

Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Technical Writing | 10 Comments »

We’re taught to stop and think carefully before making an important decision. But in Blink, Malcolm Gladwell finds that in complex situations, our initial two-second judgments are often more accurate ... Read more..