In this landmark work, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate..
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.
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.
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.
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 landmark work, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate
