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The term Law of Attraction, or LOA, is a bit like the word God. One person may mean one thing when they use it, and another may mean something quite different. So what does it mean in a RichThinkers [read more]
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Success, Malcolm Gladwell and being an Outlier
also posted in Jane's Blog
In Malcolm Gladwell’s new book ‘Outliers’, about the story of success, he writes:
“Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.”
What’s all this about twenty two seconds? He tells a story about a young Maths student trying to work out an algebra problem. Where most students would spend anything from thirty seconds to five minutes trying to solve a problem, this young woman spends twenty two minutes before she solves the problem. The others, taking less time, give up.
This reminds me of my approach to doing crosswords, versus my husband’s. He will spend [read more]