Outliers

The Story of Success

By: Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

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

Intriguing and Informative

I love how this book takes you on a journey to explore it's point and drives home the ripple effect of the ways in which we think and the things influencing those thoughts.

Very insightful in its portal of its cases and how our environment shapes not only who we are, but how society influences how we think about ourselves, be it for good or bad.

A Must Read

This book definitely cause you to look at success in a different light... Each stoey will have you reevaluating yourself and others...

Interesting Read

While the book was interesting it could be summed up in two words, God's Providence. While the author sheds needed light on several examples of "success ", success is not the same thing for everyone. Wealth, property, possessions and power are not equivalent to "success". So, while it is interesting to see tje relationship between certain forms of success and the hidden causes it only has limited value.

A good exploration of the recipe for success.

An easy read. sets up principle early and builds on them at a good pace throughout the rest of the boom.

very well narrated

Small pocket book but with great content. A book that helped open a little more my horizons about the "self-made" man. Might made you think about destiny and purpose in life...
Really glad I steeped on this.

Amazing Book!

LOVED THIS BOOK. So Eye-opening and Revealing. It really is interesting how it opens your mind into so many things that can take part of how far you can go in life. I really enjoyed Malcom Gladwell's narration. His voice is very enlightening to the ear. And he's very easy to follow.

Eye Opening

Gladwell's research is so thought provoking and eye opening. It helps me look at my family's history in a different light. It also brings light into circumstances that led up to the adoption of my son who is a Romanian gypsy. A must read/listen.

A Revelation

This book brings overlooked circumstances forward, and teaches a new way to look at success. Amazing!

Retrospective piece about Cultural Legacies

This is a book that I am glad I pushed through to the end. The ending of this book brought everything in the previous chapters together. As an educator, I found myself nodding, agreeing and enlightened from chapters 8 until the end of the book. This book shows the bigger picture of how people and for what reasons they find success. I will probably go back and reread Chapter 8 and 9. Most relatable and interesting parts of the book.

Finally I understand what does work hard mean

Outliers is a book explaining what is hard work. The authors explains on different examples ranging from school kids to successful adults how origin (not ethical rather from the perspective of people patterns and behaviour in given community and country) affect persons performance.
The book itself is somehow controversial as but I encourage you to keep reading till the end.

I have read multiple motivational and psychological books to come to understand what to do to become successful. After reading this book I finally started to understand what is the underlying factor and why when one motivational coach explain concepts of success with easy many people will not get it and most importantly how to change it so you will start to get it.

I strongly recommend it to everyone as hard work can be applied to everything and knowing how and why it works can be both motivating and inspiring.

Understanding is the key to change.