Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a 2008 Business & Economics book written by TED speaker Malcolm Gladwell, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce" (2006), 9.9M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 2 years after the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 4th of 10 books by Malcolm Gladwell on Books Worth Reading (2001–2024), by publication year.
- Edition: Zhong xin chu ban she, 2008 · 320 pages
The paired TED talk
Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce (2006), the TED talk by Malcolm Gladwell.
From the publisher
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
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