Gladwell argues that success is defined not just by individual talent, but by opportunities provided by community and circumstance. Communities like the Italian town of Roseto provided cultural advantages that promoted health and longevity. Successful people accumulate at least 10,000 hours of practice through determination and access to opportunity. Bill Gates and The Beatles benefited from pivotal opportunities and circumstances that allowed them to dedicate extensive time to honing their skills. Gladwell concludes that outliers attain success through a combination of ability, preparation and opportunity rather than innate talent alone.

1. OUTLIERS
By: DIVYA PAULOSE
CIM/2014/007
BOOK REVIEW
PRESENTATION

4. MALCOLM
GLADWELL
#1 bestselling author of TheTippingPoint and
Blink

5. OUT·LI·ER (n)
1. Something that is situated away from or
classed differently from a main or related body
2. A value far from most others in a set of data

6. QUESTION
1. How does Gladwell think we should define
success?
2. What are some main characteristics of
successful people?
3. Can these be controlled?

7. ROSETO COMMUNITY
Group of Italians who immigrated to Pennsylvania.
Rarity of heart disease in people under 65 in the
community
Culture that was not affected by the modern world & their
daily lifestyle kept them healthier than others in the 1950.
“Roseto was an Outlier”

8. “Success cannot be defined in
a purely individual sense. The
community plays a large role
in defining an individual’s
success”
#MAIN IDEA 1 : COMMUNITY

9. EXAMPLE #1 THE STORY OF JOE
FLOM
The Importance of Being
Jewish
1940s / 1950’s top New York law firm coming out of law
school you must be “the correct” race, religion and social
status
Many people coming out of law school at this time was
Jewish.
They were forced to work for second rated law firm.
But this is so often the case with outliers, buried in that
set back was a Golden Opportunity for them.

10. #MAIN IDEA 2 : The Hour Rule

11. Psychologist have found that preparation plays a
bigger role than innate talent.
The people at the Very Top don’t work just harder or
even much harder than everyone else.
They work Much ,Much Harder.
Innate talent does exist; but Achievement is talent
plus preparation.

13. An English Rock Band
The time elapsed between
their founding and their
arguable greatest artistic
achievements - 10 years
“In Hamburg , we had to play for eight hours .”
-- John Lennon.

14. BILL GATES
Gladwell sums ups Gates
success into 9 opportunities
ranging from the school he
attended to the networking he
received to where he lived.
All of those opportunities
provided Bill Gates time to
practice
Microsoft – he passed the
practice of 10,000 hrs

15. “What distinguishes their histories is not
their extraordinary talent but their
extraordinary opportunities.”
Studies are done on composers, basket ball
players, fiction writers, ice skaters, concert
pianist, chess players etc.
All come up with 10,000 hrs

16. O P P O R T U N I T Y
Invariably the beneficiaries of hidden
advantage & extra ordinary
opportunities & cultural legacies.
#MAIN IDEA 3 : OPPORTUNITY
It can be governed by chance , but those
opportunity can be the major catalyst for
success.

17. THE MATTHEW EFFECT
" For Unto Every One 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. " — MATTHEW 25 : 29

18. THE ETHNIC THEORY OF
PLANE CRASHES.

19. CONCLUSION
 Success cannot be defined in a
purely individual sense. The community
plays a large role in defining an
individual’s success
 Practice of 10,000 hrs
 It can be governed by chance , but
those opportunity can be the major
catalyst for success.

20. REVIEWS
“A fascinating & Entertaining book one that
exposes the rarely acknowledged forces behind
success.”
-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gladwell’s unique perspective challenges reader
to think about intelligence, success and frame a
new way… Outlier is a clever , entertaining book
that stimulates readers mind and broadens their
perspectives. It is in its own way genius.”
- Bookage