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Outliers: The Story of Success is the non-fiction book written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown and Company on November 18, 2008. In Outliers, Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success.
- 304 (A5)
- Malcolm Gladwell
- November 18, 2008
- Little, Brown and Company
In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell considers the circumstances that lead to success. The first half of the book looks closely at how opportunities matter more in the lives of successful people than hard work or raw talent.
Gladwell concludes his introduction by saying, “in Outliers, I want to do for our understanding of success what Stewart Wolf did for our understanding of health.” Gladwell’s introduction serves to illustrate two central facets of his overall argument: first, that the “understanding of success” he puts forward will be somewhat ...
Gladwell begins the book with the definition of what an outlier is: a person who is seen as “markedly different” from everyone else, either in terms of extraordinary talent, success, or both....
See All Notes. A summary of Introduction & Chapter 1 in Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Outliers and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Outliers. A summary of Chapter 5 in Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Outliers and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Reading Time: 3 minutes. Summary. Gladwell directly challenges the traditional rags to riches narrative of success.