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OUTLIERS



TITLE:     OUTLIERS
AUTHOR: MALCOM GLADWELL

Why do some people achieve so much more than the others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? The answers to the above questions is what is critically analyzed in outliers.

In outliers, the author highlighted the stories of many successful people, both the present and the late ones. He established the fact that no one, even the geniuses-ever makes it alone.

He disputed the idea of ‘I am self-made.’ The book clearly states that success is not about being smart alone. Malcom Gladwell says that successes are products of steady accumulation of advantages: when and where you are born, what your parents did for a living, and what the circumstances of your upbringing were, all make a significant difference in how well you do in the world.

 The author uses the concept of ecology to describe why some people achieve much more than the others. Ecology has to do with the interaction of living things with both their living and non-living environment. For instance, if a farmer plant two seeds of the same quality on different piece of land.

 They will most likely grow at different rate because they are not in the same environment. Moreover, they are not getting the same nutrient.

Outliers corroborate the fact that no man can live in isolation. Also disprove people who claim that they make it all on their own.

This may sound true, but if you dig deep you realize that they have been exposed to one opportunity or the other that gave them an edge over their contemporaries. Grabbing such makes them outliers.

I learn from outliers that success follows a predictable course. It is neither the most intelligent nor the brightest who succeed. Success is not the sum of our effort or decisions alone.

 I strongly agreed with Malcom’s conclusion, ‘that outliers are those who have been given opportunities and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.’

OdunayoSamuel

LABELS: OUTLIERS, SUCCESS, BRIGHTEST
, GENIUSES, SELF-MADE

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