Presence of mind Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

— Malcolm Gladwell

“far in Outliers, we’ve seen that extraordinary achievement is less about talent than it is about opportunity. In this chapter, I want to try…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“It is often those who are underestimated who go on to do great things.”

— Sarah Noffke

“So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage.”

— Dale Carnegie

“Ordinary people pursue money, simple people pursue power, average people pursue fame, but extraordinary people pursue ideas.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It’s natural for people to feel superior to those under them. It requires a conscious effort to value those less fortunate than you are.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.”

— Orrin Woodward

“Complacency often afflicts precisely those who have been the most successful.”

— Andrew S. Grove

“Arrogant people habitually overestimated their own abilities and underestimated everyone else’s.”

— David Baldacci

“persons who go through a great deal of trouble or pain to attain something tend to value it more highly than persons who attain…

— Robert B. Cialdini

“Some people make their own opportunities. The wise person benefits from acts that are lost on others.”

— Jim M. Perdue

“the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places,”

— Peter Thiel