Outliers

The Story of Success



Malcolm Gladwell was recently named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the century. I have thoroughly enjoyed his works like ‘The Tipping Point’ and ‘Blink’. So when ‘Outliers’ made it to the bestsellers list, the temptation to own the book for myself was just to great to resist.

‘Outliers’ is a study of people who fall outside the ordinary. These include geniuses, prodigies and individuals who achieve so much more than the others around them. We have all met them before. But not many understand why some have been born to earth with seemingly more intelligence and ability that the others around them.

People become extraordinary not because of what they do, but because of who they are. This is the main argument behind the book. There is a reason why the Chinese are superb at Mathematics, why Jews do so well in life and why certain ethnicities are more prone to crime than others. While these stereotypes may seem all too familiar, this is the first time an author has gone as far as to breach taboos and social politeness to honestly examine what is it that makes us who we are.

‘Outliers’ is a masterpiece social commentary that will captivate you from cover to cover.