From the bestselling author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point", Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers: The Story of Success" overturns conventional wisdom ...Show synopsisFrom the bestselling author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point", Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers: The Story of Success" overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever. Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique. "Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain". ("Guardian"). "Malcolm Gladwell is a global phenomenon ...he has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure". ("Observer"). "He is the best kind of writer - the kind who makes you feel like you're a genius, rather than he's a genius". ("The Times"). Author, journalist, cultural commentator and intellectual adventurer, Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for the "New Yorker" magazine. His first book "The Tipping Point" captured the world's attention with its theory that a curiously small change can have unforeseen effects. His other international bestselling books are "Outliers", which looks at the stories of exceptional individuals and reveals the secrets of their success, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" and "What The Dog Saw", a collection of his most provocative and entertaining "New Yorker" pieces.Hide synopsis
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This is not a hard to read book so I finished it in good order. I like the message of the author who is basically saying that most of us are smart enough to do just about anything and that practice and hours in the field make the difference between "expertise" and mediocrity. Also, the idea of ...
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I try to choose the books I read carefully, and Outliers was definitly worth my time. Gladwell writes in an intelligent, yet easy to understand style that gets the point across clearly. His explanation for why certain people excell so far above others is not only interesting and enlightening, but can ...
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If you want to play professional hockey you need to be born in the first quarter of the year. Mr Gladwell demonstrates that being in the right place at the right time with the right skills has more to do with success than anything else. While it is still possible to succeed without those three ...
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Malcolm Gladwell has written a wonderfully readable account of success and those who achieve it. He writes of the environmental factors that can create or hinder the perfect situation for achievement. From hockey players to math whizzes, from Mozart to Bill Gates, where and when one is born can be of ...
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