[b]Malcolm Gladwell
There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.[/b]
On the other hand, let’s not get carried away here.
Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.
Gee, what do you think the implications of that might be?
There are exceptional people out there who are capable of starting epidemics. All you have to do is find them.
Isn’t that why we’re here? Aside of course from the Kids.
A study at the University of Utah found that if you ask someone why he is friendly with someone else, he’ll say it is because he and his friend share similar attitudes. But if you actually quiz the two of them on their attitudes, you’ll find out that what they actually share is similar activities. We’re friends with the people we do things with, as much as we are with the people we resemble.
Anyone here then my friend?
Or, sure:
Economists often talk about the 80/20 Principle, which is the idea that in any situation roughly 80 percent of the “work” will be done by 20 percent of the participants. In most societies, 20 percent of criminals commit 80 percent of crimes. Twenty percent of motorists cause 80 percent of all accidents. Twenty percent of beer drinkers drink 80 percent of all beer. When it comes to epidemics, though, this disproportionality becomes even more extreme: a tiny percentage of people do the majority of the work.
Let’s pin down what 20% of us here do.
The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.
Could this really be possible?!!