My favorite "Tipping Point" quotes

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My favorite Tipping Point quotes Images: www.sxc.hu– “The Tipping Point” was written by M. Gladwell

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The Tipping Point was written by M. Gladwell

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Images: www.sxc.hu– “The Tipping Point” was written by M. Gladwell

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The name given to that one dramatic moment in an epidemic wheneverything can change

all at onceis the Tipping Point

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Six degrees of separation…

A very small number of people are connected to everyone else in a few steps - the rest of us are linked to the world through those special few

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People are not

getting jobs through their friends but through their acquaintances

The strength of weak ties

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Mavens are data banks.They provide the message.

Connectors are social glue – they spread it.

Salesmen have the skills to persuade us.

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We all want to believe that the key to making an impact on someone lies with the inherent quality of the ideas we present.

[ But often an idea can tip by

changing the context or

tinkering with the presentation ]

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Just like fashion trends,

crime is contagious. It starts with a broken window and can spread to an entire

community.

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Human beings invariably make the mistake of overestimating the importance of fundamental character traits and underestimating the importance of situation and context.

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A child is better off in a good neighborhood and a troubled

family than in a troubled neighborhood and a good family.

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The size of the crowd in the theater has a big effect on how good the movie seems

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If you want to bring a fundamental change in people’s belief and behavior… you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be

practiced and expressed and nurtured.

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The figure of 150 seems to represent the maximum number of individuals with whom we can have a

genuinely social relationship

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