Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Author: Malcolm GladwellEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-18
ISBN: 0316017922
Number of pages: 309
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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- ISBN13: 9780316017923
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Sheer nonsense!
Summary: 1 Stars
Gladwell always tries to take a common topic of interest and put an unusual spin on it. In this case he has spun out of control. Gladwell tries desperately to identify the factors that make a person successful. The obvious truth is that there are as many factors to success as there are people.
The book has no logical sequence - nor any logic at all. Gladwell jumps around from one haphazzard topic to the next, grasping at straws, throwing in spurious statistics to identify those factors that make a person successful.
As we all know, success is the result of knowing what you want,focusing consistently on it, and finding a way to share what you do with other people.
Whilst Gladwell may bring up a few interesting points, to wade through the content of the book for a highlight here and there is simply not worth it. In a nutshell, this book is irritating and boring, and does not add real value to the reader. Rather read the autobiography of a successful person like Branson. (Branson's new book : "Business Sripped Bare" will give you far more insight into a multitude of success factors than the theoretical nonsense contained in Outliers!)
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