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Book Summary: Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

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  O UTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS                                      BY – M ALCOLM GLADWELL --Book Summary-- This is a book about outliers, about men and women who do things that are out of the ordinary. Many outliers are introduced right from business tycoons, rock stars, software programmers, best pilots and many more. These successful people are beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities, cultural legacies that allowed them to learn and work hard and makes sense of world in ways others cannot. Biologists often talk about ecology of an organism: the tallest oak in the forest is the tallest not because it grew from the hardest acorn, it is because no other tree blocked its sunlight, soil around was deep and rich, no rabbits chewed through its bark as a sapling and no lumberjack cut it down before it matured. Successful people also have similar advantages. Matthew Effect: ·       An opportunity plays critical role in success. ·       It is