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Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers deals with exceptional people,
especially those who are smart, rich, and
successful, and those who operate at the
extreme outer edge of what is statistically
plausible.
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
No suicide
No alcoholism
No addiction
No welfare
No crime
No ulcers
Big fat smokers
“These people were dying from old age, that’s it.”
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Must have been genetics
Must have been diet
Must have been exercise
Must have been the area the lived
Must have been….
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
What caused it? 22 Civic organizations
Three generations under one roof
Friends talking on the street
Transplanted the Paesani culture from Southern Italy
Insulated them from the pressures of the modern
world
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
“For unto everyone that hath shall be
given, and he shall have abundance.
But from him that hath not shall be
taken away even that which he
hath.”
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
“People don’t rise from nothing.”
“We do owe something to parentage and patronage.”
“The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantage and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot.”
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
An analysis of a highly successful Canadian
hockey team found:
40% of the players were born between January
and March
30% were born between April and June
20% were born between July and September
10% were born between October and December
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
In Canada the eligibility cut off for
age-class (club) hockey is January 1
Those players born early in the year are bigger
and more mature than those born later in the
year
As a consequence, the older players perform
better and are picked for advanced placement
where they receive better coaching and more
playing time
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Passion Talent Hard work
Hidden
opportunit
y
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
The best students get the best teachers and
the most attention
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Starts early
Practices more than peers
Succeeds in his career
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Not all hockey players born in January
become “all-stars”
Do they have innate talent?
“Achievement is talent plus preparation.”
Preparation plays the biggest role
Practice isn't the thing you do once you're
good. It's the thing you do that makes you
good.
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
What makes a musician?
Practice
Music Teachers = 4,000 hours
Good Musicians = 8,000 hours
Great Musicians = 10,000 hours / 10 Years
There Are No Naturals and No Grinds!
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
“They work much, much harder.”
In study after study and industry after industry
The Magic Number is?
10,000 hours
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
• If you were too old for the personal computer revolution in 1975 you were probably born before 1952
• If you were born after 1959 you were probably too young
• Leaders of the personal computer revolution:– Bill Gates – 1955 (Microsoft)
– Paul Allen – 1953 (Microsoft #2)
– Steve Ballmer – 1956 (Microsoft #24)
– Steve Jobs – 1955 (Apple)
– Eric Schmidt – 1955 (PARC, Sun (Java), Novell, Google)
Gladwell relates several examples of people who were
successful because they had the right skills at the right time.
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
“Knowledge of a boy’s IQ is of little help if you are
faced with a formful of clever boys.”
- Liam Hudson
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Average IQ = 100
Einstein IQ = 150
Henry Crowell IQ = 140
Chris Langan IQ = 195
“Termites” Genetic Studies of Genius by Lewis Terman
Nothing can hold folks this smart back, right?
It is more about opportunity than it is about talent!
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
“A basketball player only has to be tall enough”
“A mature scientist with an adult IQ of 130 is as likely to win a Nobel Prize as one whose IQ is 180.”
- Liam Hudson
“The relationship between success and IQ works only up to a point.”
You only have to be smart enough!
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Extraordinary intelligence is of little use if we want
to understand a persons chance of being successful in
the world.
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Had IQ 30% > Einstein’s.
His mother was estranged from her family.
He won and then lost a scholarship at Reed
College.
He transferred to Montana State University
only to leave when a professor showed no
interest in helping him.
And he ended up working factory jobs and as
bouncer for a bar on Long Island.
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Chris Langan - Harvard backwards
Robert Oppenheimer – Tried to kill his tutor.
Get the world to see things your way!
Oppenheimer's affluent
background helped give him
the skills necessary to
become successful.
Father of atomic bomb
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
WHOM
TO SAY
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Two types of Parenting
Heavily involved and scheduled
Creates the right to pursue their individualism
Not involved and unscheduled
Creates a sense of distance
It is not genetic, its not racial, its cultural
Terman found that “almost none of the genius children
from the lowest social and economic class ended up
making a name for themselves.”
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
“Captain, the weather radar has helped us a lot.”
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
It takes a series of events (7)
Hierarchy
Cultural communications
Cultural ambiguity
You must communicate up and down the hierarchy
and and across the cultural highway
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Cultures that encourage passive submission to
hierarchy, or who phrase their questions in
subtle, vague euphemisms, may find
themselves at a disadvantage in some
situations, such as the airplane cockpit.
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Weekdays
•7:25 AM -5:00 PM some till 7:00 PM
Saturday
• 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Summers
•8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Hard work – Long Hours – New Friends
Long Commute
50% to 60% more learning time
Homework till Midnight
Discipline.
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Mid-90’s – Grades 5-8
@ Lou Gehrig Middle School, South Bronx
90 Minutes of English/day
90 Minutes of Math/day
(2 hr/day in 5th grade)
95% at or above grade level in math
90% get private HS Scholarships
86% to college (1st generation for many)
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
1. Success is predictable
2. It is not the brightest who succeed
3. Outliers take maximum advantage of the
opportunities that are made available to
them
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell
Source: Outliers: The Story of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell