Malcolm Gladwell on Making Big Decisions, the Tipping Point & How Much He Loves Podcasting

How can you embrace the adventure of creating what you love without worrying about the outcome? Malcolm Gladwell, NYT bestselling author and host of the Revisionist History Podcast has always had a fascination and curiosity for the world around him, and he's made an incredible legacy by taking his audience on the journey of this exploration. He shares how your flaws and weaknesses can become your advantage, how to use the 80/20 rule to make the scary decisions, why Hamlet was wrong, how to have more successful interactions with strangers, and how accepting the fact that we never know the future can lead you to freedom.
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[@knowingyourmind]

Thank you for having put up this meeting. It has helped solidify some of my own thoughts and helped me to feel a little bit less crazy and misunderstood in my own life. 🙂 Mr. Gladwell talks of overestimating feelings. This parallels the thought of "anticipatory joy" or rather, any sort of anticipatory emotions, be they pleasurable or not. I don't talk about them being "good" or not, because we cannot predict the future, and those things that we consider not so pleasurable might be considered "bad," when, in fact, they lead us to something much greater than we could have ever anticipated. We try to insulate ourselves from pain and prevent our vulnerable selves from coming to the fore. That vulnerable self is the self that is always growing, though. It can either progress or regress.

What a wonderful conversation... I really enjoyed this, Thank You!

[@abbiella]

That was the best interview with Malcolm Gladwell| I am also a huge fan. I have read all of his books more than once and really appreciated the questions that you asked. It really gave me an opportunity to appreciate Malcolm even more, if that’s possible.

[@cartersmith7628]

Are you familiar with the recently released book Everyone is an Einstein; and There is an Einstein in Everyone: The Constitution of Genius by author Benjamin Michael? It's a very compelling read!

[@abbiella]

@@cartersmith7628 thank! I’ll check it out,

[@kamala1529]

Truthful and passionate talk

[@cartersmith7628]

Phenomenal interview Cathy! Very well done! Were there questions that you didn't have an opportunity to ask?

[@DanielKepelMusic]

I can't believe I'm one of the first to see this. Two very cool humans together. Cathy, I would love to share my song that I wrote after day two of one of your synch songwriting five day courses. It uses the words and concepts that you were speaking about during your course. It's called 'Show Up'.

[@ultraparadoxical7610]

This is a really nice interview!

[@nutsbutdum]

You really a good interviewer.

[@cartersmith7628]

Hi Cathy Heller, Happy New Year! Are you familiar with the recently released book Everyone is an Einstein; and There is an Einstein in Everyone: The Constitution of Genius by author Benjamin Michael? It's a very compelling read!

[@davidp158]

80/20!

[@xiomanaxoxoxo3212]

She should have asked him about his personal life as well, how come he thinks he hasn't met the one, using his blink metrics.

[@knowingyourmind]

Often, the reason people don't give others space is because they are involved with oneupmanship. It's a cancer in society.

[@craigmarshall6257]

Her infatuation is creepy.....gotta go, see ya.

[@StorytellingHeadshots]

Oh, no its not. she’s just being effusive, get over it friend.

[@knowingyourmind]

Effusive praise, when it is sincere, is pure. Effusive praise from the standpoint of flattery is of a corrupt mind. It is used to ingratiate one's self to another (Pr. 29:4-6) Flattery is from selfish motivation. Compliments, however, are sincere acknowledgments of admiration spoken to praise someone else. The woman in this video is sincere in her words. I had the same situation occur to me when I met Dr. Esselstyn, of medical fame. After I talked with him, my wife said it looked like I had just seen Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny rolled up into one. I laughed, because she was right in her estimation of my feelings for the man. Who was I that I should have him as my audience. I believe the woman in this video is just as thrilled. If you can't deal with someone in the process of gaining knowledge/wisdom from a respected and loved authority, I think you should simply close yourself off in a room without access to anything outside of that room, and just stay there for the rest of your time.