Outliers
About this book
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.
Reader Profile
4.2/5 · 888264 readers · 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Outliers?
About ≈ 5 h 56 m — 320 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Outliers?
320 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Outliers?
It sits on the Psychology, Business shelves.
Is Outliers in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Outliers?
Malcolm Gladwell.
“Those three things—autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward—are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.”