Outliers: The Story of Success

Loved It!

2 months ago

Another great book by Canadian Malcolm Gladwell. His account on airplane crashes and why Asian goods excel in math are amazing. From start to finish, the book gets you within its hooks on the issue of why some people become successful and others do not. A fun well researched book.

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Thin thinking

3 months ago

The shallow character of this book is refelected in the notes or lack there of. It could be better documented with respect to sources. It is a very entertaining read that actually demonstrates very little that we didn't already know from better sources.

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That's why I'm not a star hockey player!!!

5 months ago

I'm disappointed I wasn't born in January - otherwise, I would be the 1st female Wayne Gretzky!! I enjoyed the book and the statistics --- Malcolm makes the book interesting (although a bit repetitive). I would definitely pick up his other books.

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Revolutionary perspective.

6 months ago

THIS is a cool book. I have never quite looked at the environment surrounding successful people as they progressed through life, nor considered the amount of time people put into their craft as a direct indication of success. Yet when I look at the very successful people around me, those exact factors are present. VERY interesting, I think Gladwell is one of the most unique and gifted minds of our time.

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