Summary Of Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell

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Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell, looks at factors regarding success throughout the span of different time periods and cultures. When I thought about what success meant, I believed that success was when you worked hard in life until you reach certain goals. For instance, owning your own business, or creating something, having people know who you are. Becoming a “self-made” person. These are a few beliefs people have about success, but for Gladwell, he believes successful individuals often thrive thanks to the right combination of hard work, community support, and meaningful opportunity’s.
In the first chapter, The Matthew Effect, it discusses a Canadian hockey team and how the roster showed that most of the players were born in the same months. Another team was also observed and the same thing was noticed. Most players were born in January, February, or March. The observation was accurate do to recruiting cutoff date which is January 1. Players who are born just after the cutoff, will be more mature relative to a player born later in the year. Gladwell …show more content…
Lagan has an IQ of 195. This is a very high IQ, which establishes that Chris Langan displayed high reading, language, and mathematical aptitude from a very young age. On 1 vs. 100, a game show, Langan decided to end the competition after he had reached $250,000 and was awarded the money.
In "The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2," discusses the earlier life of Chris Langan. Lagan had a troubled childhood, not knowing his father and growing up in poverty was a rough start. Things turned around for Langan when he attended Reed College on a full scholarship. However, he lost his scholarship when his mother failed to fill out his paperwork. He dropped out, but later attended Montana State University, but soon left without completing with a degree. Langan spent his adulthood working odd jobs and is a
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