Outliers: The Story of Success

non-fiction by Malcolm Gladwell

Blurb

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

First Published

2008

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graff1994

Graff1994

Awesome Info!

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Behemoth

Behemoth

It takes 10 000 hours to be successful in a particular field. Explains why I'm such a good eater.

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