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Outliers : the story of success / Malcolm Gladwell.

by Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-

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Little, Brown and Co., 2008.

Outliers (Statistics)

Successful people.

Successful people -- Anecdotes.

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9780316017930 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Story of success

ix, 309 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band."--From publisher.

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