Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers”–the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. 

Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

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Whatever you want in life, you must give up something to get it.
The greater the value, the greater the sacrifice required of you.
Everything has a price.

There’s a price to pay if you want to make things better,
and a price to pay for just leaving things as they are.

Nothing worthwhile ever comes easily.
Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish
results that last.
Use your imagination more than your memory to achieve success.

There is no success at bargain basement prices.
The highway to success is a toll road.

Your attitude is not determined  by circumstances,
but by how you respond to your circumstances.
You can respond positively or negatively to any situation.

It’s how you react to events,  not the events themselves,
that determines your attitude.

Any challenge facing you is not as important  as your attitude towards it,
for that will determine your success or failure.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way
things turn out.

It’s not your position but your disposition that counts.

High expectation always precedes high achievement.
You’re as small as your controlling desires, or as great
as your dominant aspirations.

Once your mind stretches to a new idea it never goes back
to its original dimensions.
Dream of little goals  and you can expect little achievement.
Dream big and you’ll win big success.

The first ingredient of your success is to dream a great dream.

There are no age limits on when you can transform your life.
Change is possible at any time.
It is essential if you want to grow.

You have control over your life.
Success or failure is up to you.

You control how lucky you are.
You create your wealth with your effort.

The doubts you’ll experience along the way are part of life.

Make a plan to attain your success and stick to it.
Your life is a marathon, not a short sprint.

Accept total responsibility for your actions
and remove  “QUIT” from your vocabulary.

Decide you want success and it can be yours.
Success is always your choice.

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