Outliers
内容简介
There is a story that is usually told about extremely successful people, a story that focuses on intelligence and ambition. Gladwell argues that the true story of success is very different, and that if we want to understand how some people thrive, we should spend more time looking around them-at such things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birth date. And in revealing that hidden logic, Gladwell presents a fascinating and provocative blueprint for making the most of human potential.
In The Tipping Point Gladwell changed the way we understand the world. In Blink he changed the way we think about thinking. In OUTLIERS he transforms the way we understand success.
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作者简介
马尔科姆·格拉德威尔（Malcolm Gladwell），被《快公司》誉为“21世纪的彼得·德鲁克”，曾是《华盛顿邮报》商务科学专栏作家，目前是《纽约客》杂志专职作家。
马尔科姆出生于英格兰，是牙买加人的后裔。在加拿大长大，现居纽约市。他曾经做过卫生政策和科学新闻方面的记者，其文章喜欢以小见大。马尔科姆是一个非常有创意的作家，他认为自己的文风属于一种adventure of ideas的风格，虽然大部分作品都不属于虚构，又不是围绕一个人物或者一个故事展开，但其中的故事情节却一般比较曲折，看他的文章很有adventure波澜起伏的韵味。
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读书文摘
the values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are
Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good.It's the thing you do that makes you good.
贾维斯研究了1 741例精神错乱，其中有205例是过度学习造成的。因此，“精神错乱的诱因，教育占了大部分。”
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