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A brilliant new book from the bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink
Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever.
He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their generation. Gladwell examines how the careers of Bill Gates and the performance of world-class football players are alike; what top fighter pilots and The Beatles have in common; why so many top lawyers are Jewish; why Asians are good at maths; and why it is correct to say that the mathematician who solved Fermat's Theorem is not a genius.
Just as he did in Blink, Gladwell overturns many of our conventional notions and creates an entirely new model for seeing the world. Brilliant and entertaining, this is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever.
He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their generation. Gladwell examines how the careers of Bill Gates and the performance of world-class football players are alike; what top fighter pilots and The Beatles have in common; why so many top lawyers are Jewish; why Asians are good at maths; and why it is correct to say that the mathematician who solved Fermat's Theorem is not a genius.
Just as he did in Blink, Gladwell overturns many of our conventional notions and creates an entirely new model for seeing the world. Brilliant and entertaining, this is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
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Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996. In 2005 he was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. He is the author of two books, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference (2000) and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), both of which were number one New York Times bestsellers.
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After two exceptional books as 'Tipping Point' and 'Blink' were, it is quite a challenge to write the next bestseller. I fear Malcolm's 'Outliers' didn't make it. It will be a bestseller, but not of this unique quality the one's before had.
At page 115 the book abruptly stops to be needful - but there are 300 pages altogether!
Let us stay with the first ones:
Outliers are humans like Bill Gates, like Canadian premier league hockey players, like violinists, composers, painters, which had an extraordinary career, earning to be called unique.
Malcolm explains in detailled and colorful stories how they achieved to become unique. What makes them extraordinary is not talent, but opportunity - or better: access, as I would like to call it.
Of all the talented they were the lucky girls and guys, which were fostered, grew up in a better neighbourhood and family, were challenged more often to become autonomous and self confident, stayed with their likes and exploited their knowledge, shifted their borders.
They worked very hard to reach the top.
That's it - almost.
Malcolm's theory that you need 10.000 hours of practice to become famous, etc. is vetoed by Seth Godin in his post "10,000 hours".
At page 115 the book abruptly stops to be needful - but there are 300 pages altogether!
Let us stay with the first ones:
Outliers are humans like Bill Gates, like Canadian premier league hockey players, like violinists, composers, painters, which had an extraordinary career, earning to be called unique.
Malcolm explains in detailled and colorful stories how they achieved to become unique. What makes them extraordinary is not talent, but opportunity - or better: access, as I would like to call it.
Of all the talented they were the lucky girls and guys, which were fostered, grew up in a better neighbourhood and family, were challenged more often to become autonomous and self confident, stayed with their likes and exploited their knowledge, shifted their borders.
They worked very hard to reach the top.
That's it - almost.
Malcolm's theory that you need 10.000 hours of practice to become famous, etc. is vetoed by Seth Godin in his post "10,000 hours".
11 von 12 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
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Ein sehr lesbares Popularwissenschaftliches Buch über Erfolg.
Outliers, in statistics, are results that are so extreme that they are generally not taken into account in calculations. So extreme that they are literally off the charts. Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers: The Story of Success is about people that experience this kind of extreme success. People like the most succesful hockey and soccer players. People like Bill Gates. Or the Beatles. What is it that makes people so succesful?
First, it is hard work. To become an expert in a field, one needs at least about 10,000 hours of labor. Like an Asian farmer toiling away on his rice paddy field. The proverbial 99% transpiration that comes with the 1% inspiration.
Second, it is lucky circumstances. Sheer luck. Like being born at the beginning of the year instead of at the end (which makes a surprisingly significant difference in your chances of becoming a top hockey player). Or the country you're from. Or the language you've been raised in (English gives you an early math disadvantage of about a year compared to Chinese or Japanese).
In his previous bestseller The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference, Gladwell shows that small initial differences can make for a huge end effect on a society. Also his Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking was about conclusions we all draw from small differences in quick thought processes. In the same way, this book shows how sometimes incredibly small differences can tip somebody towards extreme success.
Small differences also made for the success of Malcolm Gladwell himself. One of the most precious gifts he allegedly got from his father is the memory of "seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy". The same joyous work ethic oozes from the pages of this book.
Gladwell reads like a detective. He brings you science like a professional storyteller. The science, on the other hand, sometimes suffers a bit from this high readability (some conclusions about cultural causes are quite debatable). There are no footnotes in this book, but in the back of the publication, each chapter does have a number of notes to back up some of his claims.
This book is definitely an entertaining read. It is also a good way to weapon yourself against the abundance of success stories that sound a tad too good to be a full version of the truth.
Outliers, in statistics, are results that are so extreme that they are generally not taken into account in calculations. So extreme that they are literally off the charts. Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers: The Story of Success is about people that experience this kind of extreme success. People like the most succesful hockey and soccer players. People like Bill Gates. Or the Beatles. What is it that makes people so succesful?
First, it is hard work. To become an expert in a field, one needs at least about 10,000 hours of labor. Like an Asian farmer toiling away on his rice paddy field. The proverbial 99% transpiration that comes with the 1% inspiration.
Second, it is lucky circumstances. Sheer luck. Like being born at the beginning of the year instead of at the end (which makes a surprisingly significant difference in your chances of becoming a top hockey player). Or the country you're from. Or the language you've been raised in (English gives you an early math disadvantage of about a year compared to Chinese or Japanese).
In his previous bestseller The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference, Gladwell shows that small initial differences can make for a huge end effect on a society. Also his Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking was about conclusions we all draw from small differences in quick thought processes. In the same way, this book shows how sometimes incredibly small differences can tip somebody towards extreme success.
Small differences also made for the success of Malcolm Gladwell himself. One of the most precious gifts he allegedly got from his father is the memory of "seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy". The same joyous work ethic oozes from the pages of this book.
Gladwell reads like a detective. He brings you science like a professional storyteller. The science, on the other hand, sometimes suffers a bit from this high readability (some conclusions about cultural causes are quite debatable). There are no footnotes in this book, but in the back of the publication, each chapter does have a number of notes to back up some of his claims.
This book is definitely an entertaining read. It is also a good way to weapon yourself against the abundance of success stories that sound a tad too good to be a full version of the truth.
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Very well written. The first half of the book is really fascinating. Then it becomes slightly repetitive.
Worth it!
Worth it!
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The Extreme Right Hand Tail of the "Bell Curve"
Gladwell has a writing style that I and many others enjoy reading. In his 3rd book on sociological/psychology themes, he explores "Outliers" those extraordinary individuals who lie... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 3 Monaten von J. Kimbrough veröffentlicht
Very interesting topic matter and a great read!
This is a really insightful book that brings togther a lot of theories about why some poeple are "great" and others just normal (or even dysfunctional). Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 6 Monaten von Kylie Thaler veröffentlicht
Gute Qualität
DHL hat leider Mist gebaut und mich nicht darüber informiert, dass das Buch in der nächsten Postfiliale abholbar ist, nachdem ich bei Zustellung nicht zu Hause war. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 6 Monaten von linda31310 veröffentlicht
Kurzweiliges Leseerlebnis, aber: Grundaussage???
Outliers liest sich, wie in anderen Rezensionen bereits angemerkt, wirklich gut - was mMn fehlt, ist die nachvollziehbare Grundaussage. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 10 Monaten von Martin Mader veröffentlicht
Insightful
Outliers is an insightful, elightnening and deeply motivating book. In a nutshell, the book's theme is this: Conventional wisdom has it that success is the outcome of a person's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 13 Monaten von Youssef Ragab veröffentlicht
Easy Reading but Likely another Example of the Narrative Fallacy
The author presents his ideas largely through narrative, anecdotes and has selected his samples from a wide variety of individuals ranging from ice hockey stars, would-be geniuses,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 16 Monaten von S(eal) veröffentlicht
Super wie immer!
Lese immer wieder gerne Bücher des Autors und kann sie wärmstens empfehlen. Hilft nicht nur für das Englisch, sondern verhilft auch, so manche Dinge mit anderen... Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 18 Monaten von Wasserratte veröffentlicht
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
Malcolm Gladwell points out the obvious. Or what should have been the obvious. Lesen Sie weiter...
Malcolm Gladwell points out the obvious. Or what should have been the obvious. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 24 Monaten von bernie veröffentlicht
brilliant writer
This is the first book I read from Mr. Gladwell. I am very impressed what a great writer he is. It was real fun to read this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Januar 2010 von Mindful Reader
Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers
"outliers" fand ich sehr interessant. Es hat mich zum Nachdenken gebracht. Interessant finde ich den Gedanken, dass man kritisch mit der Bemerkung "... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Mai 2009 von Stefan Peters
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