Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
(As mentioned by the character Schmidt
in the “Valentine’s Day”episode
of the Fox hit show “New Girl”)
in the “Valentine’s Day”episode
of the Fox hit show “New Girl”)
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good.
It’s the thing that makes you good.”
-- Malcolm Gladwell
In this YouTube video uploaded by CBS, Malcolm Gladwell discusses his new book “Outliers: The Story of Success” with Katie Couric:
Amazon.com offers this Book Description:
“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.”
Amazon.com also offers this tantalizing, though brief, video promo:
“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.”
Amazon.com also offers this tantalizing, though brief, video promo:
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