| Sometimes a book comes along that stops you in | | | | something quite revolutionary - something that is |
| your tracks. Sometimes you are so compelled to | | | | barely even accepted by most people yet, but |
| read and to finish a book that all of your other | | | | something that will be very soon. |
| commitments seem to melt away and disappear. | | | | The level of detail that Gladwell has gone into in |
| Other times, however, you'll find yourself mildly | | | | this book is quite astounding, and is surely the |
| entertained by a book but not really too | | | | new benchmark for any aspiring writer or |
| engrossed by it. When 'Outliers: The Story of | | | | scientist. One example that he gives is all about |
| Success' was released by Malcolm Gladwell, I | | | | why Korean pilots crash planes far more than any |
| wondered which of these it would be. After | | | | other race. His conclusion is quite brilliant (and |
| reading it I can say that it is definitely the former. | | | | backed up with evidence), yet it is one that you |
| The book is about success - what makes people | | | | might feel that a lot of people would find difficult |
| successful and others not so successful. Gladwell | | | | to accept (because he is stereotyping people by |
| argues that our genetic heritage and cultural | | | | their race). At the end of the book Gladwell talks |
| legacy have much to do with how successful we | | | | about how we must first understand our cultural |
| are and argues his points brilliantly with mountains | | | | legacy in order to change it, by which point of the |
| of examples and research. You get the feeling | | | | book I felt extremely uplifted. |
| when reading 'Outliers' that you are learning about | | | | |