Outliers: The Story of Success
- Brief Synopsis:
- The usual story about extremely successful people focuses on their intelligence and ambition, but Gladwell says the true story of success is very different: we need to look at things AROUND these people.
- Long Synopsis:
- Outliers explains what the Beatles and Bill Gates have in common, the extraordinary success of Asians at math, the hidden advantage of star athletes, why all top New York lawyers have the same resume, and the reason you've never heard of the world's smartest man - all in terms of generation, family, culture, and class. It matters what year you were born if you want to be a Silicon Valley billionaire, Gladwell argues, and it matters where you were born if you want to be a successful pilot. The lives of outliers - those people whose achievements fall outside normal experience - follow a peculiar and unexpected logic, and in making that logic plain, Gladwell presents a fascinating and provocative blueprint for making the most of human potential.
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 310 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780316017923
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 12/11/08
- Copyright Date:
- 2008
- Copyrighted By:
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English US
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Educational Materials
- Submitted By:
- New York Times Books
- Proofread By:
- New York Times Books
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