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Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
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Visual, audio & textOutliers explains why the 'self-made man' is a myth, and that lucky events, rare opportunities, and other external factors out of our control are what truly lies behind the success of the best people in their field.
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Overview
This book is where the 10,000 hour rule comes from. Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule states that to become world-class at anything, you have to put in 10,000 hours of practice. For those who don't fancy the math, this equals about five years of uninterrupted 40-hour workweeks worth of practice. In reality, it's often closer to ten years.
Because of this, you'd expect that Outliers might be about deliberate practice - how success is in our own hands, if we work hard enough. But boy, you'd be wrong. The book argues the exact opposite.
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"Who we are cannot be separated from where we're from."
– Malcolm Gladwell
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