Outliers

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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.

subjects: Psychology,  Business,  Successful people,  Success,  Nonfiction,  nyt:paperback_business_books=2012-02-25,  New York Times bestseller,  Interpersonal relations,  Social interaction,  Health Behavior,  Inductee,  Erfolg,  Famous Persons,  LEADERSHIP,  Framgång,  Achievement,  Exito,  New York Times reviewed,  Social Environment,  Celebrities,  BUSINESS & ECONOMICS,  Social Psychology,  Economics,  General,  Social sciences -> psychology -> general,  Bf637.s8 g533 2013,  Bf 637.s8 g543o 2013,  302