Outliers
The Story of Success
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Social Psychology, Business & Finance, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Career Planning & Job Hunting
| Author: | Malcolm Gladwell | ISBN: | 9780316040341 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company | Publication: | November 18, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Malcolm Gladwell |
| ISBN: | 9780316040341 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication: | November 18, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
