Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and author who has published five best-selling books. His most famous book, “Outliers: The Story of Success” is all about what makes high achievers different.

His answer? That we pay too much attention to what successful people are like now and don’t care enough about their culture, family, and background. Here’s how you can learn from them to achieve your biggest goals. 

Use these 6 Malcolm Gladwell quotes for motivation to crush your biggest goals.

“The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.” –Malcolm Gladwell

Learning is important but putting what you learn into practice is even more important. The next time you read a book or watch a motivational video apply it to your life immediately. Figure out how you can learn from it and help improve the quality of your life.

“Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.” – Malcolm Gladwell

Success and wealth are only part of the equation. Without fulfillment, you will empty inside. Try to find work that makes you come alive.

Even if you aren’t where you want to be yet financially you will feel rich inside. After enough time and hard work, you will become successful and fulfilled.

“No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.” – Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

Winners wake up early. If you are consistently getting up early and putting in the work while others are sleeping you will be successful. It might not come instantly but it will happen.

Start each morning with a morning routine to start your day focused and ready for anything. Spend time learning, exercising, writing your goals down, and preparing yourself for the day.

“Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.” – Malcolm Gladwell

Successful people never give up quickly like the majority of people who quit when things get hard. If you want to be successful you need to have the persistence to make sure you stick with your goal until you make it happen.

“If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.” – Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

Hard work mixed with a creative imagination is the key to being successful in life. If you want to turn your dreams into reality you need to make them happen. Don’t just wish, put in the work to make success inevitable.

“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”  – Malcolm Gladwell

You’re much more likely to work hard if you are doing with a plan in place. Make sure you get crystal clear on what you are trying to achieve to make the hard work worth it. If your WHY is strong enough the work will feel effortless.

Use these Malcolm Gladwell quotes to work hard and use your imagination to help bring your dreams into reality.