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Loading... Outliers: The Story of Successby Malcolm Gladwell
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from. Gladwell examines how the careers of Bill Gates and the performance of world-class football players are alike; why so many top lawyers are Jewish; why Asians are good at maths and why it is correct to say that the mathematician who solved Fermat's Theorem is not a genius. Like Blink, this is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate. Great read! According to Gladwell, it isn't all about luck and talent. Fascinating. I found the book a very readable collection of extremely interesting facts proving that background (generations back), social class, time of birth, help from others, and luck are crucial to success. Hard work and innate talent matter but no more than all these other factors. It's what I've always believed but it was great to have evidence to back it up. I wish I could remember all the corroborating evidence but, sadly, I'll probably forget some of it. An interesting look at all the factors that lead to an individual's success. The stories were very fascinating and the book kept me hooked. I did feel, however, that there weren't a whole lot of statistics to back up his claims. One can pick any situation and with loose logic make it fit a given theory. Would have liked to have seen more statistical proof. 0.027 seconds to build listing no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316017922, Hardcover)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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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