Frankie Cordeira Jr.

Description: GLADWELL: Slow Down Do Less to Achieve Greatness... In some cases working more slowly producing less but higher quality work results in greater levels of success. For instance the publishing industry pressures writers to write quickly but Gladwell says quality work takes time. "As a writer my principal observation about why other writers fail is that they are in too much of a hurry" says Gladwell. "I don't think the problem with writing in America right now is a failure of output. I think it's a failure of quality." The New Yorker which Gladwell writes for is a good example. "The New Yorker is a hit-driven enterprise that probably eight articles a year account for 90 percent of people's interest in the product and so to the extent you could encourage people to write fewer hits you're better off." Generalizing that speed is correlated with competence is a good way to miss out on some very talented people according to Gladwell. He suggests using apprenticeships or trial periods when hiring which he says are a version of privileging power over speed. By giving potential hires a reasonable period of time to demonstrate their competence managers are able to assess the strength of candidates without biasing for how fast they work. Gladwell concludes: "Let's create a safe space for the neurotic tortoise." See also: Tony Robbins interviewed the world's best investors and says they share these 4 qualities The counterintuitive advice best-selling author Cheryl Strayed gave Tim Ferriss about achieving greatness Owner of America's No. 1 small business says this is what it takes to succeed
By Frankie Cordeira Jr.
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