Kirby's Book Review on OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell

Gladwell gives an interesting angle on the factors of success, based on the view that not everything is attributed to a person's own doing but more on circumstances of the immediate environment, world situation, industry transitions, and unusual breaks. Gladwell's researched facts and amusing observations are shocking and eye opening. We live in a world where much of the systems are in place and people are reluctant to change. Following Gladwell's advice might give significant improvement in how schools are run and sports trainings are scheduled among other things. One of the book's highlights that I find very enlightening is the 10,000 rule wherein Gladwell makes a study on the different successful people or groups like Bill Gates and the Beatles. He mentions that these people gave 10,000 hours of practice to achieve their level of success and were given unusual breaks like Bill Gates getting a hold of a computer system while the rest of the world didn't have that same privilege at that time. Outliers is a great read and worth your time.

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