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Interesting anecdotes, and I'll give some credit to anyone who challenges the myth of self-determination. But the research is sloppy and never engages meaningfully with criticisms or counter-arguments. Also, what are we to do with this analysis? The prescriptive component is notably absent.

AurÃ©lien Thomas Well, there's no prescriptive component because, that's not the point of the author to provide one. What he is doing here is, trying to find out what â€¦m´Ç°ù±ðWell, there's no prescriptive component because, that's not the point of the author to provide one. What he is doing here is, trying to find out what differentiate great successes ('outliers') from other successful endeavours. His argument might seem naÃ¯ve at first (I had a bit of a trouble swallowing it) but, his multiple examples are quite convincing in the end. Actually, keeping with that line of thinking that is, hard work and golden opportunities -helping to work even harder- serving people coming out of age right at the time when a society is ripe for their so hardly won skills, we can find even more examples. What about the astronauts having pioneered the space age? Same pattern. I am sure we can find more! (less)

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I'm in the middle of outliers and I cannot believe that Gladwell hasn't even touched gender. Does he address it ever? I'm dumbfounded, speechless. I bet he doesn't even see it. Typical. Why am I surprised?

Marcus Lewis I thought gender didn't exist anymoreâ€¦m´Ç°ù±ðI thought gender didn't exist anymore(less)

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Did one find the defintion of success Gladwell is using for this book?

Chinedu I also thought about this while reading. I don't see any direct definition, but instead an implied definition - what the world considers success, i.e.â€¦m´Ç°ù±ðI also thought about this while reading. I don't see any direct definition, but instead an implied definition - what the world considers success, i.e. money, degrees, career. But what if the success is defined by more intangible things. Would the analysis be the same?(less)

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when was this book published?

Julia it was published in 2008!

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Guzel ve carpici orneklerle dolu bir kitap. Sorum su 10.000 saat bir konu uzerine odaklanip da basarisiz olan birini taniyor musunuz? The book full of beautiful and striking examples of progress. Questions Do you know someone over failing to focus 10.000 hours on a subject?

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Did anyone else find the second half to wander away from the subtitle of The Story of Success? How are the tragedies of plane crashes related to success? The first half made sense and fulfilled his thesisâ€”not sold on the second half. Inserting his familyâ€™s history provided a solid epilogue, though.

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