Outliers : the story of success/

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The best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2008] ©2008.
Subjects:
Successful people-- Success-- Achievement -- > Health Behavior-- Famous Persons.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Roseto mystery
  • Opportunity
  • The Matthew effect (Matthew 25:29)
  • The 10,000 hour rule
  • The trouble with geniuses, part 1
  • The trouble with geniuses, part 2
  • The three lessons of Joe Flom
  • Legacy
  • Harlan, Kentucky
  • The ethnic theory of plane crashes
  • Rice paddies and math tests
  • Marita's bargain
  • A Jamaican story.

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