Outliers
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: Nov 18, 2008
Words:
75924
Flesch:
75.95
DDC:
302
FAST Tags:
Interpersonal relations,
Success,
Successful people,
Life skills,
Social interaction
LCC:
BF637.S8
LC Genre:
Social Sciences>Social Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology>Interpersonal relations
Book Details
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Description:
Learn what sets high achievers apart -- from Bill Gates to the Beatles -- in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).
In this stunning 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.