I love Malcolm Gladwell's books. He always comes up with obscure information to help us see the strength and weaknesses in our society. What is he talking about in Outliers? People who have gone outside the box to be successes and pointing out the quirks of fate that got them there and some of th...
Gladwell advocates thoughtfully on the nurture side of the nature vs nurture debate in Outliers. Excellent read for parents and coaches alike. Enjoyed this more than his previous Blink, and read it alongside a book that argued strongly on the other end of the spectrum to allow the debate to play out...
Another good book by Gladwell, with a series of anecdotes and stories about people who have become extraordinarily successful in their own field.He considers well know people like Bill Gates & Steve Jobs and less well know individuals. All of these people happen to be in the right place at the right...
Very interesting book about the hidden patterns which determine how extremely successful people ("outliers") get to where they are. It seems like many discussions of this book seem to point to the 10 000 hours theory as a major point, but that was the least interesting part to me. Gladwell argues th...
I read this book on the back of a YouTuber I watch named Gemsmaquillage, who is usually a beauty video maker, but runs a separate channel where she has a book club. It's taken a while for me to get around to reading it, but I'm really glad I did.The idea that equal opportunity is not as simple as ju...
The subtitle could have been "The Sin of Self Regard". Much of who we are consist of factors completely out of our control, birth month, birth year, ethnic background and other such items. Gladwell is an expert at explaining a theme by using anecdotal stories and explaining the results by looking at...
Fascinating book.What makes a person successful? I've always believed that a person is the sum total of all their experiences and opportunites and this book backs that up! There is no such thing a self made person - how sucessful you are is rooted in the environment you grew up in, the cultural le...
I wanted this book to be better than it was for me. I think it got a little too hyped. Many have said it was Gladwell's best, but I wasn't blown away. His main point is that great success depends on great opportunity. This seems rather obvious, though probably overlooked more often than not. Wo...
This was incredibly enjoyable and informative. I love this kind of general knowledge-stuff. At the same time, there was a lot of food for thought about how our society is under-utilizing many of its talented people.
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