Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

You Weren't That Unhappy. "Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity," Stouffer Wrote. His Chance Of Getting Promoted To Officer Was Greater Than 50 Percent. "If He Had Earned A [promotion], So Had The Majority Of His Fellows In The Branch, And His Achievement Was Less Conspicuous Than In The MP's. If He Had Failed To Earn A Rating While The Majority Had Succeeded, He Had More Reason To Feel A Sense Of Personal Frustration, Which Could Be Expressed As Criticism Of The Promotion System." Stouffer's Point Is That We Form Our Impressions Not Globally, By Placing Ourselves In The Broadest Possible Context, But Locally - By Comparing Ourselves To People "in The Same Boat As Ourselves." Our Sense Of How Deprived We Are Is Relative. This Is One Of Those Observations That Is Both Obvious And (upon Exploration) Deeply Profound, And It Explains All Kinds Of Otherwise Puzzling Observations. Which Do You

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

Malcolm Gladwell Quotes: You Weren't That Unhappy. Contrast Him With The Air Corps Man Of The Same Education And Longevity, Stouffer Wrote. His

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