Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell, 2008
ISBN 0316017922
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.
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Chris Hays on January 12, 2010 at 11:39pmChris Hays liked and commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on getglue.comA great book. One of my standards for greatness is put-downability. I started at 11:45, and at 1:30ish, I crashed out, having finished. That said, I actually didn't think this was as good as Gladwell's other works. If you want to raise a perfect child, read this book.
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- Dan Lewis on December 4, 2009 at 9:05pmDan Lewis liked and commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on amazon.com
Better than the Tipping Point, because I think it matters more. (It should go without saying that it's better than Blink.) There are factors in our life over which we have control, and there's luck, and then there are all those things which we don't have control over, but aren't really a factor of luck either.
- Steffan Antonas on October 7, 2009 at 1:57pmSteffan Antonas liked and commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on amazon.com
Tons of insights in this book. Not quite as of a mind-grenade book as the Tipping point, but definitely worth it.
- Chad Smith on June 10, 2009 at 9:06pmChad Smith liked and commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on Popular books
This is a great book about how people make it. It's not all hard work or luck. Very good read.
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Interesting 10k theory.
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good stuff! I read it on Kindle for iPhone.
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I'm reading it now. Interesting stories and examples.
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Interesting view on the importance of opportunity vs. individual talent
- Julian Khandros on December 21, 2008 at 3:45amJulian Khandros liked and commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on amazon.com
Great book. Lives up to the hype.
- Rex Hammock on November 30, 2008 at 12:10pmRex Hammock liked and commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on amazon.com
It's what you'd expect from Gladwell -- incredibly great writing that helps you see the familiar in a new way.
Peyton Welch Stafford on March 10, 2010 at 1:58amPeyton Welch Stafford commented on Outliers: The Story of Success via Glue SuggestionsOn the societal level, interesting insights into how public education could be improved; on the personal level, great ideas to give your kids a leg up and to explain why you (or I) didn't do so well.
Happy Herbivore on February 27, 2010 at 11:52amHappy Herbivore commented on Outliers: The Story of Success via Glue SuggestionsThis book crushed my long belief that I was a genius. It appears I was just the oldest in my class.
Holly Seven on June 24, 2009 at 1:25pmHolly Seven commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on Popular booksI wll give this book 3 out of 5 stars
PhyllisZimblerMiller on April 26, 2009 at 4:26amPhyllisZimblerMiller commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on amazon.comAmazing insight into not-so-random success stories. A must read!
Sandy Santra on April 10, 2009 at 4:52pmSandy Santra commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on amazon.comI thought this was going to be an incredible book--and granted, there are some brilliant ideas--but it is SO repetitive, boring, negative.
Richard MacManus on December 9, 2008 at 4:25amRichard MacManus commented on Outliers: The Story of Success on the iPhoneRead this, great book
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This book is full of rational, yet often ignored concepts. In the vein of other books which shake up the status-quo of our perceptions, this work is enlightening and in many ways, life changing.
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