Malcolm Gladwell: The Art of Self-Reinvention

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Nov 17, 2021

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ANECDOTE

Humble Town, Big Intellectual Fuel

Malcolm Gladwell describes growing up in a small Ontario farming town with parents who valued independent, interesting work over money.
He credits lifelong friends from that town for exposing him to music and ideas that shaped his path into journalism and audio.

INSIGHT

Libraries Shaped Intellectual Freedom

Gladwell frames libraries as a formative metaphor: every book belongs to anyone who wants it and that freedom shaped his intellectual independence.
He learned to pick what to think about rather than accept a single taught perspective.

ADVICE

Reinvent From Strength, Expect Transition Pain

Reinvent yourself from a position of strength rather than desperation; change proactively to stay relevant long-term.
Expect a painful transition period and accept short-term decline for sustained future success.

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Longevity and mastery over any creative profession require relentless passion, conscious steps to continually reinvent your swing, and a seriousness of purpose, which results from profound self-reflection and introspection.

World-renowned journalist and writer Malcolm Gladwell joins me to dig deep into building an everlasting career as a creative and what it takes to pursue it.

Malcolm is the author of five New York Times bestsellers — The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants and the Founder of Pushkin Industries, which explore all forms of audio art. He also hosts the Revisionist History podcast, which re-examines events, ideas, people, and objects from our past—and explains how they create our present.

In his upcoming intimate audio biography titled Miracle and Wonder, Malcolm collaborates with the legendary songwriter Paul Simon to explore lessons from the artist's life and career. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation with Simon and the Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the audiobook reflects Simon's inimitably gifted artistic bent and what it took for him to tap into it.

Here are some things you'll discover in this episode:

How to build the confidence to construct your intellectual life the way you want to
How to overcome the "professed" to make way for the "practical."
Why creativity and craft knows no physical or geographical boundaries
Why you need to be constantly evolving to build an evergreen career
Why relentless perfectionism is key to creating intentional content
Why you need to archive your experiences and lessons from the past to be inimitable at your craft
The timeless worth of self-reflection: how to develop the willingness to be reflective about your life experiences
Why you need to connect with your work on a more-than-objective level

Enjoy!

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