OUTLIERS - THE STORY OF SUCCESS

 Book Tittle: OUTLIERS
Author: MALCOLM GLADWELL
                                                                                                          Outlier

  

 /ˈoutˌlīər/

 noun

1. 1. a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system.

   2. a person or thing differing from all other members of a particular group or set

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   • Outlier: Separate from the main. Not part of main unit or standing out of a whole part.

An international bestseller, outliers challenges its reader to look again at the concept of success, and this time, differently. Is it  true as most success stories have it, that successful people – the  heroes of such stories – where  usually born into modest or abject poor circumstances and by virtue of their talents, initiatives and grits fought their ways unto a world of affluence and influence ? Did Joseph become Pharaoh’s right-hand man on the sole merit of personal brilliance and insights?  Did the successful indeed rises to stardom and into limelight from nothing – owing nothing to parentage or patronage?

Gladwell argues that people don’t rise from nothing. ‘’it makes a difference where and when we grew up’’. He says. ‘’The culture we belong to and the legacy passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine’’

This book is about men and women who did things that were out of the ordinary. In the pages of this book you will be introduced to different kinds of outliers; to business tycoons, lawyers, pilots, computer programmers, rock stars, sport people and more. Why are the Asians so good in maths?  What factors play prominent role in the lives of genius whom we regard as ‘’super humans’’? What separates the very best pilot from pilots who have crashed plains?

Gladwell shows his readers that ‘’something is profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success’’ the people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves, but ‘’....in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extra-ordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world around them in ways others cannot’’.  Also see THE 10,000 HOUR PRINCIPLE  and  THE MATTHEW EFFECT