The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.

Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.

Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.

Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us?

Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's hard to measure new songs.

Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.