695: Malcolm Gladwell | Imperfect Puzzles and Mismatched Demeanors

Malcolm Gladwell ( @gladwell ) has written multiple bestsellers that are probably on your shelf right now, including The Tipping Point , Blink , Outliers , What the Dog Saw , and Talking to Strangers . His latest book is The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War . What We Discuss with Malcolm Gladwell: Why you're probably worse at detecting when other people are lying to you than you think you are (but at least it's for a good reason). We judge people's honesty based on their demeanor, but not everyone's behavior matches what is expected of them -- which often leads to false impressions. Why do we trust some institutions and people in authority almost without question , and what happens when that trust is (or is perceived to be) violated? How does Malcolm decide what to explore and study for his next book or podcast , and what happens to the ideas that get discarded along the way? Why Malcolm finds storytelling that assembles an imperfect puzzle more satisfying than a flawless conclusion. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/695 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course ! Miss our episode with nonverbal communication expert Joe Navarro ? Catch up with episode 135: Joe Navarro | How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People here ! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .