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• 1 Gioia // Jul 22, 2009 at 1:26 am

  4.0 out of 5 stars
  The Secret of My Success
  Idaho Business Week put me front and center with the most famous businessman from our state, J.R. Simplot.

• 2 Huong // Jul 22, 2009 at 1:28 am

  4.0 out of 5 stars
  A Mixed ReportTo let Malcolm Gladwell take you by the hand is one of the supreme pleasures of reading. Both his enthusiasm and passion for his arguments are childlike in their intensity,…

• 3 Vicky // Jul 22, 2009 at 3:55 am

  Gladwell has done it again. . . type. I ranked this book as a 4 or 5 stars, and read your two payments – Blink and The Tipping Point, but he lost a few points for originality there.
  Gladwell's ability to make a reader say "Yes, interesting …" That is something to admire other writers. I am convinced that I could pen a book called "Green: The color of grass", and has inspired to write in most of us say "eh … Who knows? "
  But for values "… eh "factor has little to do with ideas that are in the book, and are almost exclusively the result of Gladwell sense of how to make the ordinary and banal, and new sounds. This is particularly true in the two chapters devoted to debunking the myth that intelligence is the key to success. Unfortunately, Dan Goleman hit punching back in 1995 with his book "Emotional intelligence: Why IQ more important." With a little tour de passe-passe, Gladwell cites Robert Sternberg label "practical intelligence", rather that call emotional intelligence. But let's be honest here, the only difference is Goleman says "ma-ay-up," said Gladwell MET-ah-feet. "
  The other is that nothing is terribly useful for practical application. It is no secret to anyone in the company of the majority of techniques for selecting predictors of employment success catastrophic. What remains for us is that the irregularity of random factors such as the ability to exercise jurisdiction of 10,000 hours – especially in childhood – is the key to predicting future success. Your child has started today. . . as long as you know the date of the next industrial revolution or the age of the Internet is going to happen. Apart from the emotional intelligence (also known as "practical intelligence"), the majority of these are factors that can not do much. Unfortunately, we already knew that.
  Unfortunately, Malcolm Gladwell is a professional writer, not a professional investigator. If readers remember, will not be too disappointed by the methods or the originality of the research. Their job is to weave an interesting story, which is something not very well Gladwell. If all you want is a good entertainment and fodder for cocktail debates, values can make an addition to your library.
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• 4 Caitir // Jul 22, 2009 at 4:21 am

  5.0 out of 5 stars
  My favorite Gladwell so far
  Ok, I didn’t read Blink. But I did like this more than The Tipping Point, although I would give that one 5 stars too.

• 5 Timon // Jul 22, 2009 at 4:24 am

  Investment, Malcolm Gladwell, we intended to erase the idea that genius and greatness are primarily a function of the innate ability and IQ. He noted that although IQ is certainly a contributor, you reach a point of diminishing returns, after an hour: about 130 people once the results, it becomes less and less important and "intangible" (my term) become more important.
  The book then focuses on the nature of these "intangibles" are. Gladwell suggests that things such as income level, culture and time of birth of the child are important contributors to success, and a person of tenacity and agility. In the last is the least conventional, I think this way: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and probably many others do not have brains distinguiished they were born 10 years earlier (as they have not been exposed to computers in high – school / college and in his mid-thirties at the time actually seized computers, and probably in other races at this point in their lives.)
  How does culture matter? Think of the difference between the number of days per year, American children spend at school (180) compared to students from Asia (280), and many more social expectaitons Asian students are the responsibility? Certianly affecting academic and other achievements.
  Now I want to say that Gladwell is very good at history and anecdotally it is much less expert in statistical analysis. As such, it could be fairly accused of exaggerating their case (and maybe even find models where they want, rather than where they exist). Gladwell is written for the popular market so anyone wishing good "backup" of their arguments in May to be disappointed by its cherry picking examples.
  However, Gladwell's book contains interesting and provocative ideas, especially for educators and education stakeholders. His last chapter – on the KIPP schools – is an excellent opportunity for American schools to instill more rigor (and quantity) of schooling. Under Gladwell thesis is that the way you work hard (and is willing to work) is endemic to the probability of success, we have students fail not expect to work as hard as other countries expect their students.
  For a fun read, which introduces some interesting ideas, Gladwell of "outliers" is a decent book. Those who prefer a little more academic, meat may leave disappointed.

• 6 Anonymous // Jul 22, 2009 at 5:02 am

  5.0 out of 5 stars
  Intelligence Counts, But It’s Not Everything
  This book might appear obvious and even questionable to many people, but it contains several reminders and eye-openers that all of us often keep forgetting every day: true success…

• 7 Fidelma // Jul 22, 2009 at 5:16 am

  5.0 out of 5 stars
  cool
  great book and great sale! smooth with no problems.. I am also a big fan and follower of mr. Malcolm Gladwell

• 8 Lycoris // Jul 22, 2009 at 6:23 am

  I know this is probably a minority position, but I think this "book" is not only very good. I was disappointed after reading it. So even if you think the mark of Gladwell books knees of the bee, read this review if you want an alternative to this work. Although I agree that most people's success is due to a privilege, McDonaldized salmagundi information is, in itself, is an account of the insufficiency of the argument put forward by Gladwell. Note, of course, that this review is based my own assessment, and understand that many do not share this position.
  I suppose if you are looking for a light, fluffy reading "truthy" states, however, when Gladwell's book will suffice. Also, if you're not familiar with some of the major themes or ideas, it might be a good introduction, or starting point. However, if you want something a little more important and non-fiction books to read regularly, and then take a card on it.
  A brief summary: Gladwell thesis is that to succeed in life (ie, an "outlier" beyond the norm), with the opportunity and privilege to be the case. However, for those who seek self-help should go elsewhere, despite the very misleading subtitle, the "success story". (Unless perhaps you are an airline pilot Korea and Gladwell may help, as there is a long excursus on pilot error). Ah, well done, very talented, but not as much as we believe and practice a lot, but it is probably too late because he had enough young people to begin to put in 10,000 hours. You have one.
  There are many problems with its "book". In general, unlike other critics of the respondents believe that this "book of the" premise has elements of truth. In fact, many things. My main problem with this "book" are 1) poor, 2) the list of citations of the poor, 3) the absence of careful consideration of the arguments, and 4) the mere fact that there are other treatments that have the best thesis in a big way.
  I really "book" in quotes because everyone does not read like a book for me. Think of it more as a set of matching "jazz", "anecdotes" and "wikipedia" in quotes, because they are surprisingly a large part of the thing, call it what you want. Let me list the ways, if they are not convinced that this is a book not worth buying.
  1) the poor, disorganized and disjointed. This book is short (about 48,000 words, with 180 pages of text, in my estimation), the other by Gladwell, so that your dollars are very high. In addition, the concept of "aberrant" is mentioned at the beginning somewhat superficial, and it is mentioned at the end, but rarely in the book. (An "outlier" is a statistically rare event, for example, to be really high or shorter. It is not synonymous with success, as wrongly assumes Gladwell. It can also mean extreme failure, but this is not addressed at all). Beyond being wrong, it is a superficial treatment of the floor. What is its history in the statistical theory in the social sciences in modern society? When the concept of outlier emerge? Conversely, when and how the concept of "normality" to arrive? How this form of thinking and our understanding of the world? Instead of an interesting treatment of this general concept, the book reads like a little, but slightly disjointed connected several tests on a variety of topics. It's almost as if Gladwell erred in the social sciences section of the borders of the library, randomly selected ten pounds, skim milk and has written a book for everyone. After a coup in the word "abnormal", and we do not have another best-seller! It consists of concatenating the entries of Wikipedia and other higher by a store of new works, or a Mcbook. Now in Wikipedia. . . .
  2) Delgado, and the list of questionable appointments. Almost all graphs and tables in the book is wikipedia! I laughed when I saw it. I know, is an Internet source, but also in literature and a maze of urls looks and seems very vague. This is not a bad thing, but the literature reveals the superficiality of the analysis. In addition, many sources of information online articles are slate, etc, and not a topic for an appointment. In other words, I do not know if I believe that much of what I read. Apparently, some interviews were conducted for the book, but they are not cited or origin, and indeed, adding talks very, very little to the actual content of the book. For example, interviews, that "the smartest man in the world," Chris Langan, but maintenance is composed of QUIPS that appear identical to clips from YouTube Langan. Gladwell also interviews Bill Gates, but the content is mentioned in the book is much better in a biography of Gates, quoting Gladwell. Same with the discussion of the Beatles Gladwell, Oppenheimer, etc. Read the bios if you want something good, or read reviews of books on Amazon, as Gladwell deal is much more superficial, covering a few pages on each subject before the breeze to another.
  I guess that 80 percent of book content online (Google Scholar abstracts, newspapers, books, wikipedia). The rest of the material comes from a very good book, the Annette Lareau "inequality of Children", a book far superior if you want a closer look at social inequality (unfortunately, still can not to understand why it has not been successful domestic sales. Lareau I mean the last book sold about 10,000 copies). Then there are three items that the economy is discussed in detail in the first half of the book in search of objects 1) age and education, 2) age and sport, and 3) l 'summer school inequality. Google Scholar does not provide as much detail, or perhaps a Wikipedia article on the achievement gaps in education.
  In summary, the investigation is superficial and reveals a writer who is not really willing or able to go deeper into the material that you do anything new or informative. Sometimes these prices are far away. For example, Gladwell cites as if it were a first-hand source of an article written entirely in french and published 32 years ago, french and this article is to appear in another book entirely translated and cited in Gladwell. It seems that Gladwell cites simply took the pre-scientific study and mentioned that. Gladwell is the lack of knowledge of any of these questions that makes me doubt that he knows exactly what he said. It is a science writer with little ability to read and evaluate the science. Behind the patina of expression is the empirical foundation of quicksand. It feels more "truthy" than "true."
  3) This book can not consider exceptions, almost no one by the author himself. Thus, not only not original research on the front, there is no critical examination of ideas and results of others. However, scientific discoveries of a few, uncritically as gospel are isolated documents. This is dangerous and it is bad social science. Knowledge is a synthesis of many, many studies and statistical correlations that may exist by accident, and a study is not conclusive. I think the main reason for this is that Gladwell does not seem to be motivated by curiosity or concerns. There is a careful weighing of evidence or the comparison of different points of view. However, his conclusion seems to have done before considering the evidence, no investigation has ever implicated. He has never really been a story of excess tonnage understand. Instead, they are removed at random tidbits of information to support their preconceptions.
  Beyond that, some of the arguments do not make much sense. This is particularly true when one considers the "cultural heritage" of the argument and the ability of children from Asia (spoiler alert: skip the next paragraph if you want). But this is just one example of many.
  Somehow, Gladwell is a disquisition on the rice fields and we are supposed to conclude that this is the reason why Asians are good at math. (Let him out of stereotypes, yes?) It also says Asians are good at mathematics, because the numbers are easier to pronounce Chinese. Huh, come again? If yes, why are Asian Americans who speak Chinese will never succeed in school? Richard Nesbitt Gladwell quote uber-extensive psychological research, which is a little suspect. But back to the paddy field. If a "work ethic" determines the success of Asia, so why not start the industrial revolution in China? Why is the "cake of rice work ethic" more decisive for the mathematics of the Protestant work ethic "? Every point Gladwell leads to questions like this, announces the deployment of infinitim. (Other examples fast. Is it true that 10,000 hours is required for success, why is it regarded as such by Gladwell a "hard" numbers, and why success is apparently defined as a pile of money? Why IQ of 120 "good enough" for success, and why not 100 cultural problem for some people but not others?) For a better consideration of "cultural heritage" and nations read books by Jared Diamond This brings me to my fourth point.
  4) There are many books that address similar issues in a much better way. I. e. There is nothing in this book that has not been said elsewhere. My advice: go to a bookstore, take a look at some of the books cited in Gladwell, and then buy the books instead. Gladwell's book is more useful if it thinks it is an annotated bibliography. The most direct "lift" Colvin seems to be the book "Talent is Overated" where the author made a similar request was required 10 years to be good at something. Colvin's book is more journalistic, wants to know what it takes to be a great success. In fact, these two books are in the same spirit, I wonder if Gladwell is "inspired" by the work of Colvin.
  But Gladwell skitters social inequality throughout the literature. But there is still much more work. For example, reading Johnathan Kozol "Savage Inequalities. Lareau Read the book "The inequality of children," he says Gladwell in the literature is a wonderful book. Read Jared Diamond "Guns, Germs and Steel." On the contrary outliers, Kevin O'Keefe read interesting book, "the average American." Chance in our lives, saying "Black Swan". Or the best book on chance, "the walk of a drunkard." There is an impressive list of best books.
  What other books have in common? This is a) original research (archives, history, journalism or data), b) a more thorough analysis, and c) the participation of other authors on the subject. Are books! And many of them were written by experts, because, well, maybe write a book requires a lot of documentary work (10,000 hours maybe?). Gladwell, the company is not a sociologist, a journalist, or a deep thinker.
  So what Gladwell, and what will make your Mcbook? If you have read it, visit the library, or better yet, sitting in the library about 20 minutes and read the introduction and browse the rest. Yes, it is very skimmable. Or read reviews online, but basically they show all the text lilliputian. I like to read the chapter on IQ, because I Langan be very interesting, but I have heard of him before television. On the whole, however, Gladwell on behalf of a strange collection of concerts, flitting from one topic to another unrelated, a few facts which, after a moment of reflection, I doubt that is true. There is no underlying thread, and addresses issues that are not clearly illustrated and well argued. His promise of a book on the "success" and remains a dead letter.
  I think Gladwell is paid too much for what it does. If I were to characterize its role based on my reading this book, I would say that the book written by Matt Drudge was collected from a series of several articles (the Internet), where it helps to put some flashy title page and the empty space to see everything at once. Bold, nature seems to be further protests, but after reading this book is likely to feel more at one of the visitors to museums of PT Barnum. Indicates that the exotic exclaim "evacuation" is around the corner is a door, and at the end of the journey, you realize that there are only yourself to blame for the error. Similarly, the title of Gladwell "anecdotology" is nothing more than a dictionary definition empty randomly slapped a random collection of quotes and excerpts from works higher. Nothing is more absurd as the title, and after reading of the manuscript that you may feel a little shortchanged if he expected something substantial.
  I must say that Malcolm Gladwell is a chance to lift the man to this book, published and sold. I think that marketing has much to do with it. Gladwell, is that millions of people, so why should he care? It is the quintessential post-modern, anti-writer of non-book, cobbling together parts and ideas without the ability to edit, coherence and a critical examination of results. The outlier is a Mcbook insurance, unfortunately, their quality is on the left side of the curve, while sales record pushes too far to the right.
  Give your money to the production of many other writers, much more important work. Of course, it is my opinion, and as I said earlier, I realize that this is probably a minority position. May you enjoy good, and probably many of you. But to the disappointment, I am not saying that was not warned.

• 9 Anonymous // Jul 22, 2009 at 8:12 am

  5.0 out of 5 stars
  Success by Any Definition
  Outliers: The Story of SuccessMalcolm Gladwell’s newest book, Outliers, is a remarkable reminder that success means different things to different people at different points in…

• 10 Anonymous // Jul 22, 2009 at 8:51 am

  5.0 out of 5 stars
  Gladwell Again Connects the Most Remote Dots to Chart the Extraordinary Success of a Chosen Few
  Both a keen eye for shrewd observation and a sure grasp on historical evidence serve author Malcolm Gladwell fruitfully in this fascinating look at people who appeared at first to…

• 11 Anonymous // Jul 22, 2009 at 8:52 am

  3.0 out of 5 stars
  Good read
  Nutshell review – The subject of Outliers is fascinating; where does talent come from, who succeeds, who doesn’t, and why?

• 12 Waldina // Jul 22, 2009 at 9:13 am

  4.0 out of 5 stars
  Fascinating Book
  Mr. Gladwell’s overall thesis is fascinating. Basically, success and outliers is morea product of OPPORTUNITY than IQ; centuries-old culture, tons of practice and effort are high…

• 13 Haig // Jul 22, 2009 at 11:11 am

  4.0 out of 5 stars
  Not as interesting as Blink or Tipping Point
  Malcolm Gladwell’s latest bestseller addresses success – why some people such as Bill gates rise above the rest to phenomenal success. He terms these people “Outliers.

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