the story of success by malcolm gladwell

This made them achieve the next age bracket earlier than other kids born later in the year. He illustrates this through an example of professional hockey players.While considering the roster of a youth hockey team in Canada in 2007, a psychologist noticed that the most successful players were born in the first three months of the year instead of the last three. They naturally have access to some opportunities that their competitors don't. However, Gladwell indicates that outliers have all these and an extra special characteristic on top. Majority of people quickly overlook the many opportunities and advantages that cause outliers to shine more than everyone else. Normally, success is attributed to individual characteristics such as the ability to work hard, having natural talent and being highly motivated. Throughout the book, Gladwell explains that opportunity is exponential. The book reveals the inner workings of the world's greatest minds, in the hopes to inspire us all. He investigates why specific groups of people are great at particular skills and why some entertainers are simply a cut above the rest.

Gladwell divulges the secrets of billionaires in the field of Information Technology as well as the practices of the greatest soccer players. He indicates what their culture is like, their families and the unique nature of how they grew up.

Gladwell defines an outlier as a person who is so out of the ordinary that their level of success is beyond our level of understanding. In this book, Malcolm Gladwell guides us through the journeys of the most successful business people, professional athletes, and entertainers in the world.

The story of success by malcolm gladwell