What are the real reasons someone is successful?

I admit I haven't read Malcom Gladwell's book Outliers (I will order it now) but he outlines the effects behind success. You might be surprised what are some of the scientific reasons some people are more successful than others! Jimmy Kimmel is fun to listen to also :)

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Malcolm Gladwell "Outliers" on Jimmy Kimmel Live 1-13-09 Read more at www.youtube.com

   

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What's the point?

I have said it before and I will say it again: "I love the way Seth Godin thinks!" He is truly a Thirsty Fish Thinker. Read on and leave a comment/thought or two yourself.

clipped from sethgodin.typepad.com An idea turns into a meeting and then it turns into a project. People get brought along, there's free donuts, there's a whiteboard and even a conference call. It feels like you're doing the work, but at some point, hopefully, someone asks, "what's the point of this?" Is it worth doing? Compared to everything else we could be investing (don't say 'spending') our time on, is this the scariest, most likely to pay off, most important or the best long-term endeavor? Or are we just doing it because no one had the guts along the way to say STOP. Are you doing work worth doing, or are you just doing your job?

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