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Gladwell On: the importance of flow states, why people should have a lifelong pursuit or practice, and how he personally relaxes.

Malcolm Gladwell is the president and co-founder of the podcasting network Pushkin Industries, and the author of six New York Times bestselling books including The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and Talking to Strangers. He’s also the host of the Pushkin podcast Revisionist History.

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In this episode we talk about:

The backlash Malcolm faced from his work from home comments
Pushing the noise aside when it comes to social media
Lessons in kindness from a recent Revisionist History episode
The importance of flow states
How he personally relaxes
Why people should have a lifelong pursuit or practice
What he thinks now about his famous 10,000 hours argument
Why we need to engage and investigate the views of others to be morally alert as human beings
And his biggest journalistic mistake

Content Warning: Brief mention of eating disorders.

Deep Cuts: Malcolm Gladwell