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Outliers

By: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
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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

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Fantastic!

Amazing. Kicking myself for waiting this long to enjoy a Malcolm Gladwell book. I am excited to start another.

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👌 Wow

Very informative and eye opening. it deconstruct the myths thought to be self made people.

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Great Book from Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite public intellectuals and I very much enjoy his social commentary. However as a writer I find that he often rambles and get lost in a weeds. This book is very clear and gets straight to the point. I enjoy this book more than others by Gladwell.

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Great, thought-provoking book

I was a latecomer to this book. I’d heard of it for years, but didn’t think the premise sounded that interesting. I’m so glad I finally listened to it. It was well-written, well-researched, and thought-provoking: both in terms of how I and others do things in our own lives, and in terms of why some larger societal patterns and structures exist the way they do.

The book is not long, and will keep you interested. I highly recommend it.

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Good book to balance the "self-made success idea"

I believe this book gives you a brother perspective on what it takes to have massive success in any field besides hard work and talent.

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This is a different perspective on culture

I really appreciate this fresh perspective on what makes a person successful. While i really like the stories and while it is clear that the factors identified for sucess are part of each story the book feels like ita trying too hard to boil everything down to one or two factors for someones rise to sucess.

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Another Hit!

Malcom does a great narrative of his fantastic book. Complex topic explained simply. Success is a product of multiple factors and he unravels that knot with some great examples. A must read for anyone.

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Simply brilliant. Every parent should read or listen to this book. Malcolm takes you on a journey of self-reflection.

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A Demotivational and Very Motivational Book

Before I purchased this book, I read many reviews saying that it was not motivational and yet it was motivational, which definitely confused me. I see now after completing this book what they were meaning. Sometimes success is just pure luck, but there is no success without extremely hard work. I very much recommend this book to those looking to be motivated in a very unique and "outside-the-box" way of thinking

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Phenomenal book!!!

Another example of Malcolm's genius! He always has such interesting perspectives based on impressive research.

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