Outliers: The Story of SuccessFrom the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever. |
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User Review - Cecilturtle - LibraryThingGladwell invites the reader to look deep into "outliers' exceptions to a rule, to truly understand how they have come about. He looks at a series of cases, from the well-known to the obscure, to ... Read full review
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User Review - Castlelass - LibraryThingGladwell is the “myth buster” of psychology and sociology. He takes commonly held assumptions and shows, based on his analysis, they are either not true or limited. In this book, he looks at phenomena ... Read full review
Contents
The Roseto Mystery | |
The 10000Hour Rule | |
The Trouble with Geniuses Part 1 | |
FIVE | |
The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes | |
Rice Paddies and Math Tests | |
Maritas Bargain | |
A Jamaican Story | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |