2. Over the last decade
the name Malcolm
Gladwell has become
synonymous with the
genre of Pop-Sociology
Outliers fits snugly in
this genre.
3. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A
GOOD WORK OF POP-SOCIOLOGY?
Scientifically sound
Comprehensible to the target audience
Entertaining to the target audience
Relevant to the target audience
Well written
4. “Outlier” is a term used to
describe things, people, or
phenomenon that lie
outside of normal
experience.
This book is concerned
with people who are
outliers in terms of
success.
5. WHEN YOUR BORN MATTERS
Of the seventy-five richest people of human history,
fourteen were born between 1831 and 1840.
To become a Computer Mogul, a person needed to
be born between 1952 and 1958.
6. 10,000 HOUR RULE
To become an expert in
something it takes
10,000 hours of
practice
10,000 hours = 3
hours/day x 10 years
There are no prodigies
8. STYLE
Series of anecdotes
Several Digressions per story that explain
the underlying factors
Often within the digestions in a story there is
other related stories
Towards the end it becomes a manifesto for
the fostering of success
9. POSITIVE ASPECTS
Uses sound data from reputable sources
Covers a subject important to almost
everyone, especially budding intellectuals
about to start their careers.
Combines research from many sources and
uses them to create a fresh portrait of
something so basic and well studied
10. POSITIVE ASPECTS
It written plainly and clearly
It is quick moving and highly entertaining
Provides suggestions to increase the fostering of
success
11. NEGATIVE ASPECTS
Lacks level of proof necessary for a scientific work
Some of the research is disputable
Due to anecdote-based style Gladwell jumps from
one topic to another
13. GETTING LUCKY *BELONGS BETWEEN 6 AND 7, PROBABLY WON’T
BE SHOWN DUE TO TIME RESTRAINTS
Bill Gates had access
to a computing terminal
as an eighth-grader in
1968.
He lived a couple miles
from the University of
Washington as a
teenager.