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Outliers

The Story of Success

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Outliers

Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
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From the best-selling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart - from Bill Gates to the Beatles - in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning audiobook, 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. 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. 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.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

©2008 Malcom Gladwell (P)2008 Hachette Audio
Anthropology Motivation & Self-Improvement Social Psychology & Interactions Social Sciences

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Luck by chance?

Outliers is an amazing piece subtly telling you that you can be great too. All it requires is hardwork, determination plus being at the right place at the right time. A welcome change of perspective in this highly competitive world.

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Forces you to think deep about reality of success

This book destroys the American idea of lone wolf success; good narration and book packed with great research & studies.

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A rebelling perspective with a solid case

Book was written really well. Gladwell clearly put in tons of research and has presented his opinions with solid foundation. My perspective on success has been altered to a more holistic approach. The lessons you learn in this book help better understand success.

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tiny pieces of statistical phenomena

all successful people have the following in common : hardwork , skill , interest ... and "chance" .
it's nature and nurture but never nature vs nurture for one person to be successful.

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Amazing narration and story telling. I loved i

Amazing narration and story telling. I loved it for the simple way of communicating the intricacies of the reasons for success.

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Must read.

Malcolm Gladwell is simply amazing in his observations. His observations are really deep and insightful. Will recommend the book to all.

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Awesome take on success

This book made me think a lot about my own roots, and up bringing.

I have always realised that culture plays a big role in how people do things even decades later. But this book also makes me wonder about the impact of distruction of native cultures by colonialists in India and now in the name of modernisation by my fellow Indians.

I am not against modernisation, our Indian culture has always been a melting pot with influences from around the world. But modernisation just for the heck of it won’t do. There has to be a rationale to it. This book helps us understand that culture maters. (Btw I don’t miss understand culture to be traditions and precedents)

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riveting

amazing book..must be heard ..bought and read..the voice, lucid language makes it worthy..read it fast

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Great Book with great narration

Outliers is a revelation on the way we look at success and it accurately points to the real factors that llcontributes to the success of an individual abd communities in general.
I loved the narration by Malcom Gladwell himself. just makes it a notch better�.

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Demystifying exceptional success

There are some things you would probably never come across until you read a Malcolm Gladwell book, and those things are what make it an absolute pleasure. His research and performance are phenomenal. Seems like he's been doing it for over 10000 hours

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