Anyone Read Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell??

[CSquare43]

I'm on chapter 3 and while I don't take his writings as fact, they do give some very interesting ideas about success and what it takes to achieve it (any who is better suited to be successful).

Here's a link to a summary, but anyone else read this?? Thoughts?

Outliers: Learnings » Shilpagupta4

In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell explained that success arises of steady accumulation of advantages - 1) when and where you were born, 2) what your parents did for living, 3) what were the circumstances of your upbringing, and 4) the skills that people had for a long time suddenly became too valuable.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

Yea, a number of folks on this forum have read it. I think there was a thread on . Good book.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

I'm reading it now. Trying to make sense of what to do if you're not born in that special group

 

[Vandelay]

I thought it made some great points, the "good enough" clause for letting minorities into graduate programs; ie well rounded tangibles for success rather than test scores alone.

 

[Handsback]

Dude is one of my favorite authors. Good books, not too heavy so they go fast.

I'm reading Blink right now. I think he just published a new one too.

 

[Depreciating Asset]

It is a very good read. I most enjoyed the story of the man with the highest IQ on record. Even all that intelligence doesn't guarantee success. Success is an equation with various components. One of the most important is the 10,000 hours of practice.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

Dude is one of my favorite authors. Good books, not too heavy so they go fast.

I'm reading Blink right now. I think he just published a new one too.

Word. I barely read books but this one I was able to blow thru in two days.