Outliers: Those Beyond the Line GML-C14114

There is a story told about successful people; they are said to be intelligent and ambitious. In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that the real story of success is very different from this and that to understand why some people are successful, we need to look more closely at their environment. For example, their families, birthplaces, and even birth dates... The story of success is more complex and much more interesting than it first appears... Outliers explains what the Beatles and Bill Gates have in common, the secret behind Asians' extraordinary success in mathematics, the unknown advantages of star athletes, why all New York lawyers have the same CV, and why you've never heard of the world's smartest man. All of this is explained in terms of generations, family, culture, and class. According to Gladwell's argument, if you want to be a Silicon Valley billionaire, the year you were born matters; if you want to be a successful pilot, where you were born matters. The lives of those who are outliers—those who achieve success beyond normal expectations—follow a strange and unusual logic. While simplifying this logic, Gladwell offers an exciting plan for how people can make the most of their potential. Malcolm Gladwell changed the way we understand the world in his book The Tipping Point, changed our thoughts on thinking in Blink, and in Outliers, he changes our understanding of success.