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Outliers: The Story of Success
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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.
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Outliers: The Story of Success
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Supersub –
This is Trudy a wonderful and inspiring book. I’m glad that I have discovered this author and I now endeavour to read through the rest of his books in anticipation.
Joseph –
“Outliers”, like other Gladwell books, is very enjoyable. It offers some interesting perspectives about what makes some people more successful than others, with particular emphasis on those who far exceed expectations. Many of the book’s criticisms focus on what the book is not. I think that is a mistake. This is simply a fine book, a very thoughtful and easy read. The book goes into how one’s ethnic roots and specific opportunities set the stage for dramatic success, then working hard takes over. For example:
1. An ancestral emphasis on community involvement can lead to health results which beat the odds.
2. The date of one’s birth can affect athletic and academic success, as the oldest in a group of youth, will lead to the ‘Matthew Effect’, better coaching/teaching, more games/practice, etc. There is an accumulative advantage. On a list of the wealthiest people of all-time, besides opportunity showing up with so many from America, among that group, being born around 1835 and around 1955 stand out, to take advantage of when railroads and Wall Street emerged and when computer time-sharing emerged, respectively.
3. The 10,000 hour rule. Gladwell thinks about 10,000 hours of concentrating at a skill is necessary to excel at something.
4. Whether it is height in basketball or IQ, just being tall enough or intelligent enough is all that really matters, same with colleges as long as they are good enough. Practical intelligence, knowledge and savvy are what really counts and family background is the key to having those. Parents should be involved with their children, with lots of negotiating and expectations of child talk-back, necessary to cause a child to develop a sense of entitlement, maybe not the most moral approach, but extreme success madates that.
5. Jewish immigrants had advantage of occupational skills, like in the garment industry – enterpreneurial skills versus other immigrants like peasant farmers. Work was more meaningful. Their offspring saw this, plus NYC public schools were probably the best in the world at the time.
6. Harlan, Kentucky is an example of herdsmen settlers, with a culture of honor from Scotch-Irish ancestors, influenced descendants, Gladwell saying that crime in the South more influenced more by personal than economic reasons. Certain ‘insult’ words have bigger effect.
7. Plane crashes are more from human errors in teamwork and communication. Cultural respect for authority a big factor; can keep a subordinate from directing a superior in an emergency. Plus, ‘mitigated speech’ can be a problem. Can be remedied by training in ‘Aviation English’.
8. Asians being better in Math, likely related to ancestral tradition of rice paddies, which are complicated and require hard work throughout the year. Western farming is more mechanical with usually an off-season with little work. Here again, more meaningful and hard work. Plus, Asians learn to count faster because of language differences for numbers.
9. K.I.P.P. Academy in the Bronx, charter middle school, is successful because it has long school days and short summer vacations, with students who commit to work hard. Studies have shown schools generally do well when they are in session, the problem are kids losing ground without good parental involvement during summer vacation. So, it is possible to make up for poor childhood family situations. Makes school meaningful. Incentives, rewards, fun and discipline is the formula.
A terrific book.
Cliente Amazon –
Super interesante y facil de leer
Mariana Ponce –
La condición en la que lo recibí fue inmejorable así como el tiempo de entrega. Este libro me mantuvo picada de principio a fin, disfruté mucho cada capítulo y me hizo querer retomar el hábito de la lectura.
Renata P. –
Entrega ótima e produto perfeito.
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Valido
Brian –
This was a book I picked up after reading a political book that I just finished about mens issues. It was referenced and it was to my curiosity to see what it was all about since the main topic of discussion was success. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
With that being said, this was one of the best books that I have ever read about outliers. The whole purpose of this book is to redefine the way we view success. Success is not only due sheer effort and hard work as we hear from most success stories, but it also due to the sheer amount of opportunities that people had. Whether it be out of pure luck or due to their cultural roots.
The author does a great job in proving those two points with the sheer amount of examples and stories that he provides. Not only providing us with accurate scientific information, but also making it enjoyable and easier for most people to pick up. I was engaged in every story that he told and was fascinated to see how he broke down all the details that he needed to prove his point. From stories about the tech era, to the airline industries and so much more. To even feel sympathy for some of the people in these stories and saw all of all these things that happened in these people lives, whether they became outliers or not came into fruition. I was engaged in it all.
This is one of the books that you probably thought to yourself when you see two people of the same caliber and think to yourself why aren’t they both successful. Why did only one of them become an outlier while the other didn’t even knowing they both skilled at whatever profession they are in (same profession to be exact). This book not only aligned with the idea with the idea that I had about success, but proved it even more. Showing that some opportunities that are given to you is the biggest factor when it comes to being successful. Being there are the right the time or just simply someone giving you the helping hand that is needed.
This is a perfect book in my eyes and I would highly recommend this to all.