Description
In this stunning new book, 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.
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: June 7, 2011
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 10.4 ounces
Size: 5.45 x 1.15 x 8.25 inches
ISBN13: 978-0316017930
ISBN10: 0316017930
BISAC Categories:
- Business Decision Making
- Decision-Making & Problem Solving
- Popular Social Psychology & Interactions