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There is a story that is usually told about extremely successful people, a story that focuses on intelligence and ambition. In Outliers Malcolm Gladwell argues that the true story of success is
very different, and that if we want to understand how some people thrive, we should spend more time looking around them - at such things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birth dale. The story of success is more complex - and a lot more interesting - than it initially appears.
Outliers explains what the Beatles and Bill Gates have in common, the extraordinary success of Asians at math, the hidden advantages 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 gen· eration, 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.
very different, and that if we want to understand how some people thrive, we should spend more time looking around them - at such things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birth dale. The story of success is more complex - and a lot more interesting - than it initially appears.
Outliers explains what the Beatles and Bill Gates have in common, the extraordinary success of Asians at math, the hidden advantages 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 gen· eration, 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.
Content:-
INTRODUCTION: The Roseto Mystery
PART ONE: OPPORTUNITY
ONE: The Matthew Effect
TWO: The 10,OOO-Hour Rule
THREE: The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1
FOUR: The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2
FIVE: The Three Lessons of Joe Flom
PART TWO: LEGACY
SIX: Harlan, Kentucky
SIX: Harlan, Kentucky
SEVEN: The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes
EIGH T: Rice Paddies and Math Tests
NINE: Marita's Bargain
EPILOGUE: A Jamaican Story
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
Author Details
"MALCOLM GLADWELL" is the author of the # J international bestsellers The Tipping Point and
Blink. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker, and was formerly a business and science reporter
at the Washington Post.
Blink. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker, and was formerly a business and science reporter
at the Washington Post.
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