Outliers: The Story of Success

JorjeJaj recommended this 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Solid macro-view of success stories by a visionary author. Gladwell's one of the better social commentators of this era.

amiransari recommended this 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Great book - easy to read with very insightful explanations.

ajhoward14 recommended this 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Because it is amazingly well written and insightful

haplesshomeschooler recommended this 1 year, 3 months ago

I have to hand it to Mr. Gladwell, this is a good book. I recommend this book to anyone interested in how genius is made.

samholton1 recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

Thought provoking, gives one a new mindset and leaves the reader with plenty to think about

quigles recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

Amazing insights. Don't bring a child up without it!

eli-fuentes recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

Because I loved the book and would not have a problem reading it again! It was that great!

jacobcvarghese recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago

Very nice and refreshing book. It studies outliers enough to bring forth a pattern that weaves through them. It also gives humility to success, however hard earned it may look. It reminds us also that no man is an island, and we all owe our success to the giants that walked before us, on whose shoulders humbly we stand. Excellent book

shaughn-anderson recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Really thorough study of what cause success. Great examples.

monica-aguilar recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

This book was amazing, thought-provoking and inspiring. I found it so fascinating, that I couldn't put it down.

david_reinecke recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Great book!

BDough recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Discusses the topics of how certain people stand out from statistical norms. Tackles such things as why many Jews are doctors and lawyers, why many Asians excel at math, how programmers like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs managed to do so well in life, and much more.

terran recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

This explains so much about how people become successful. Is it luck of the draw, i.e., when you are born? Is it hard work? Is it both--and more?

mokawawi recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

Offers a fresh look into success and avoid the "bestest" speech.

micaqueen recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

A fantastic book that reads like a research paper - except the average person can understand it. Looks at statistical data and questions the usual assumptions about what makes a person successful.

kendrag recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Love this book. So many aha moments in it. As a tiger-mom trying to "create outlier" children so many of the examples make perfect sense. Validated some of my parenting methods which always makes me feel better! Easy and fast read.

RiezaApr recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Sometimes being on the mainstream has its advantages. Yet, other times positioning yourself on the far side of the bell curve also has its advantages, and as the book shows maybe even more than being on the centre.

Don't be afraid to stuck out from the crowd.

O yeah, try to schedule your sons and daughters birthday six month before kindergarten entry.

Surfdog recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Great investigative look at why some succeed, only partly within your control.

jbnunn recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Excellent book on how the apparent overnight-success of men and women is actually a combination of luck and hard work.

brandon_michael recommended this 1 year, 12 months ago

Eye-opening portrayal of how success is not entirely talent and/or ability based. Contains lots of support for his ideas and reasoning. The largest point Gladwell displays is the idea that many great successes were both a combination of being in the right place at the right time while spending large amounts of time on that successful task.

jessebouman recommended this 2 years ago

Really interesting take on success.

mgberry recommended this 2 years ago

Outliers turns IQ on its head (no pun intended) showing how trends of ones upbringing can have a larger influence on success.

felipehummel recommended this 2 years, 1 month ago

Its good.

jess_s recommended this 2 years, 1 month ago

A really insightful, easy to read illustration on how success develops and why you may or may not want it.

kmabarrett recommended this 2 years, 7 months ago

So if I work real hard at something for 5 years I'll be above average at it from then on... Wow
Good reading - like all his stuff.
Cons: Good tends to get rewarded until better - what else is new?

designbloguk recommended this 2 years, 9 months ago

Excellent book some really unusual ways of looking at things.

garrettlink recommended this 3 years, 1 month ago

Love the stories, examples and analogies -- a fine point on what many of us have already begun to observe

joyewonder recommended this 3 years, 10 months ago

I have heard about this book and it sounds like an interesting topic; a great gift for a graduate student!

daynpitseleh recommended this 4 years, 1 month ago

Very interesting. Easy to understand.
Cons: Not for people who only like fiction.

chris recommended this 4 years, 4 months ago

Like all Malcolm Gladwell books, has interesting anecdotes.
Cons: Not sure the overall thesis is nearly as counter-intuitive or interesting as the author would like to believe.