outliers the story of success by malcolm gladwell

Success has little to do with where you were educated and everything to do with your level of practical/emotional intelligence and willingness to put in the 10,000 hours of practice required to reach mastery of your field.Īll in all, it's an interesting read that isn't too heady and goes by pretty quickly, as the interesting anecdotes are what you would expect from Gladwell.

At this level of mastery IQ is no longer a factor. Gladwell uses the example of Nobel laureates coming from unknown schools as often as ivy league schools. Rather, success is substantially a product of cultivating a high degree of what Robert Sternberg calls 'practical intelligence' or what most refer to as 'emotional intelligence.' Two chapters are dedicated to the 'revelation' that IQ is only a baseline quality and success has little to nothing to do with having a high IQ or a low IQ. He says that upbringing, culture and even random luck have something to with success, but there is another important quality that anyone can control. That is, what makes people at the top of their respective fields get there? As we've come to expect from Gladwell's previous books, the answer to the question is a bit complicated. I am not sure some of these wide-ranging topics completely support his theories, as there are many more variables than those he singles out, but I found it informative and worth my time.In this wide-ranging third installment of Malcolm Gladwell's exploration of how people and social phenomena work, the New Yorker journalist takes a close look at what constitutes high levels of success. He ends the book on a personal note by taking a look at his family history. He examines such unlikely topics as rice farming, airline accidents, hockey, and musical auditions.

The author explodes the myth of individualism (which he calls the “self-made man”) and “the best and the brightest.” He believes we are squandering talent. There is an ironic element in this work, as one of his findings is that outliers can be explained by ordinary factors, such as opportunity, hard work, practice, environment, cultural legacy, luck, and being in the right place at the right time in history. Do you have so much to read but little time This Book summary gives you a detailed insight of the Outliers: The Story of Success Book. He wants to change the way we think about achievement and success. He posits that if we examine the lives of outliers (such as Bill Gates, Robert Oppenheimer, Bill Joy, and the Beatles), it will provide insight into how to improve our world. Outliers: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell 4.19 732,255 ratings31,041 reviews 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 book, he looks at phenomena outside of our normal everyday experience.

He takes commonly held assumptions and shows, based on his analysis, they are either not true or limited. Gladwell is the “myth buster” of psychology and sociology.

Outliers the story of success by malcolm gladwell