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Loading... Outliers: The Story of Success (2008)by Malcolm Gladwell
One of those books that you like or not. You'll like it especially if you're a Beatles fan - which i kind of am - or if you're a hockey fan - which I'm not in danger of being. The premise of Outliers is that anyone who wants to acheive in arts or sports has to practice all the time, however gifted he is. Interesting premise which dragged out for too long. The author has no implementation sense and has no humor. Recently I found out that someone has acccepted the mantra that 10 000 hours of practicing his swing will make him a pro golfer. That practicing 10000 hours will make anyone earn his living doing what one likes most is evident in all the average soccer players that abound in England. I didn't need this book to tell me that. (  ) Jiraiya | Jun 13, 2013 |  A fascinating book about the causes of success. Gladwell attempts to explain many forms of success - from why certain cultures excel at math to how the birthdates of hockey players can predict their success. Similar to his other books (The Tipping Point and Blink), Outliers presents some revolutionary ideas and should be on everyone's "must listen" list. (  ) jmoncton | Jun 3, 2013 | Great book to read if you're stuck on a plane- or stuck in bed recuperating from illness. Several interesting ideas. Made me upset that I never did much additional learning during the summer. And also upset that I wasn't born Jewish to parents working the garment industry in the lower east side. I suppose we all have our crosses to bear. BrianFannin | May 31, 2013 | I really enjoyed this book, an interesting look at how people have become successful. I'm going to be thinking about this book for a while. ( ) dukefan86 | May 29, 2013 | Typical Malcolm Gladwell. I read a review somewhere of his books that described them as "self-help for nerds" and there's a lot of that in this one. His analysis of elite Canadian ice hockey is pretty convincing...but a lot of the rest is awfully lightweight. (  ) themulhern | May 25, 2013 |
 “Outliers” has much in common with Gladwell’s earlier work. It is a pleasure to read and leaves you mulling over its inventive theories for days afterward. It also, unfortunately, avoids grappling in a few instances with research that casts doubt on those theories. This is a particular shame, because it would be a delight to watch someone of his intellect and clarity make sense of seemingly conflicting claims.  The world for Gladwell is a text that he reads as closely as he can in seeking to decode and interpret it. He is adept at identifying underlying trends from which he extrapolates to form hypotheses, presenting them as if they were general laws of social behaviour. But his work has little philosophical rigour. He's not an epistemologist; his interest is in what we think, rather than in the how and why of knowledge itself.  The book, which purports to explain the real reason some people — like Bill Gates and the Beatles — are successful, is peppy, brightly written and provocative in a buzzy sort of way. It is also glib, poorly reasoned and thoroughly unconvincing.
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