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

Awesone this book is a must

Undestand how & why succesful people achieve their goals and why the rest don’t, and much more. Truly awesone findings, 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Loved it...

Malcolm Gladwell provides me with a new way of thinking about life and success. It would be great if we, society, adopted parts of this book to change the way we look at why things happened and the deeper cultural impact of why people are successful — maybe we could help change the outcomes for students and other people, who try as they might never achieve the success that they are capable of enjoying. I have always believed that access and opportunity change things and this book has confirmed my beliefs.

Great read!

If you could sum up Outliers in three words, what would they be?

10,000 hours, timing

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bill gates, helped to clear up why he was so successfull

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I never listen to them in one sitting

Any additional comments?

One of glad wells best

Great Story

I really enjoyed the argument,but he seems to argue in the end that the individual isn't responsible for their success. I agree that success doesn't happen in a vacuum, nothing does,but there is something to be said about some people who seize opportunity and work hard,because there are many who choose not to.

Best Gladwell Book

I really love it when authors read their own books well. Gladwell's voice feels like having a chat with an incredibly smart friend.

Engaging stories

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. The author kept me engaged through sharing his message through wonderful stories. Frequent bookmarking!

great story telling, unexpected outcome

great story telling, unexpected outcome! I was hooked from the beginning And could not wait to hear every new chapter

Review of Outliers: The Story of Success

The author provides a very distinct perspective as to what "makes" people successful and provides compelling background information to support his stance.

Powerful and Pertinent Subject and Presentation

If you could sum up Outliers in three words, what would they be?

Help and Hard Work. Superior performers are given and skillfully utilize opportunities that not all others receive. The work that superior performers see their parents/role models doing is arduous and exacting and it shapes their attitude towards and capacity for long, difficult and exacting work efforts. They expect to work hard and long. Gladwell is trying to get us to stop the adoration and hero worship of the overachievers and end the American ideal of the rugged individual self-made man. In so doing we can as a society figure out how to extend the opportunities that create overachievers to everyone and allow all of us to rejoice in and benefit from a society-wide wave of over-achievement.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Gladwell himself and his complete willingness to discuss the special good fortunes and opportunities his own family enjoyed. It's one thing to discuss these aspects of a stranger's or acquaintance's success, I feel quite another to toss your own family around.

What about Malcolm Gladwell’s performance did you like?

He sounds as though the research for this book genuinely surprised him and his faith in the power of it I found compelling. It had a flavor of Malcolm Gladwell sitting with you talking as opposed to the sometimes stiff audio performers.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No-but only because I don't do audiobooks that way.

Any additional comments?

This is a powerful subject that changes the way one looks at success and given a sufficient following would change our world dramatically for the better.

Great book and narrator

This is a verg interesting boom and I like the narrator. Its a new perspective on success.