I really liked this book because of its stories.For example, it talked about how in junior hockey leagues, children born around the beginning of the year have a lot larger chance of becoming pro players than kids born towards the end of the year. It was very entertaining and i give it 9/10.
Outliers: The Story of Success
By Malcolm Gladwell
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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n/a | Grades 10 - 9 | n/a | 7.8 | n/a |
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.
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.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN-13: 9780316017930
ISBN-10: 0316017930
Published on 6/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 336