Book Titles

The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

By Malcolm Gladwell

Year Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 978-0316316965
Categories: Connection, Ideas, Influence

20 Quotes Found

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The Tipping Point:

Ideas and products messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.

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The Tipping Point:

It takes only the smallest of changes to shatter an epidemic’s equilibrium.

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The Tipping Point:

Stickiness means that a message makes an impact. You can’t get it out of your head. It sticks in your memory.

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The Tipping Point:

We’re friends with the people we do things with, as much as we are with the people we resemble.

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The Tipping Point:

Sprinkled among every walk of life… are a handful of people with a truly extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances.

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The Tipping Point:

…by having a foot in so many different worlds, [connectors] have the effect of bringing them all together.

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The Tipping Point:

…when it comes to finding out about new jobs – or, for that matter, new information, or new ideas – ‘weak ties’ are always more important than strong ties.

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The Tipping Point:

Acquaintances… represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

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The Tipping Point:

The fact that Mavens want to help, for no other reason than because they like to help, turns out to be an awfully effective way of getting someone’s attention.

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The Tipping Point:

…studies [imply] that non-verbal cues are as or more important than verbal cues. The subtle circumstances surrounding how we say things may matter more than what we say.

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