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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.
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Publisher : Back Bay Books
Publication date : June 7, 2011
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 0316017930
ISBN-13 : 978-0316017930
Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.45 x 1.15 x 8.25 inches
Lexile measure : 1080L
Best Sellers Rank: #564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Business Decision Making #9 in Popular Social Psychology & Interactions #10 in Decision-Making & Problem Solving
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