Outliers

By Malcolm Gladwell

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

Description: 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.