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| Outliers: The Story of Success |
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.
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| Introduction The Roseto Mystery ``These people were dying of old age. That's it.'' | | 3 | | | | | The Matthew Effect ``For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.'' --- Matthew 25:29 |
| | 15 | | | The 10,000-Hour Rule ``In Hamburg, we had to play for eight hours.'' |
| | 35 | | | The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1 ``Knowledge of a boy's IQ is of little help if you are faced with a formful of clever boys.'' |
| | 69 | | | The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2 ``After protracted negotiations, it was agreed that Robert would be put on probation.'' |
| | 91 | | | The Three Lessons of Joe Flom ``Mary got a quarter.'' |
| | 116 | | | | | Harlan, Kentucky ``Die like a man, like your brother did!'' |
| | 161 | | | The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes ``Captain, the weather radar has helped us a lot.'' |
| | 177 | | | Rice Paddies and Math Tests ``No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.'' |
| | 224 | | | Marita's Bargain ``All my friends now are from KIPP.'' |
| | 250 | | | Epilogue A Jamaican Story ``If a progeny of young colored children is brought forth, these are emancipated.'' | | 270 | | | Notes | | 287 | | | Acknowledgments | | 297 | | | Index | | 301 | |
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