Outliers

Outliers

by Malcolm Gladwell

13 mentors recommend this 320 pages

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 e

ISBN: 9786055755300

🎯 Who Recommends This Book 13

Will Smith

Will Smith

Entertainment

"I was reading Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, and he talks about the concept of 10,000 hours. That you don't really settle into any level of mastery until 10,000 hours, and I feel like I've just completed my 10,000 hours of story structure and filmmaking."

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"Talks about the concept of 10,000 hours."

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Shaun White

Shaun White

Sports

"I started applying a lesson from this book to my own life."

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Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

Entertainment

"Dwayne Johnson said he was reading this book in an interview with Andy Warhol."

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Jay-Z

Jay-Z

Music

"About the principles of timing and repetition—about preparing yourself for luck, really."

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Patrick Bet-David

Patrick Bet-David

Business & Entrepreneurship

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