Thursday, February 19, 2009

If you are in the mood ...

If you are in the mood for a non-fiction read... you should try out this one.

Malcolm Gladwell is a good writer which makes this book hard to put down and his ideas are interesting and will at least have you saying hmmmmm.

This is from the front flap:

"Outliers explains what the Beatles and Bill Gates have in common, the extraordinary success of Asians at math, the hidden advantages of star athletes, why all top New York lawyers have the same resume, and the reason you’ve never heard of the world’s smartest man – all in terms of generation, family, culture, and class. It matters what year you were born if you want to be a Silicon Valley billionaire, Gladwell argues, and it matters where you were born if you want to be a successful pilot. The lives of outliers – those people whose achievements fall outside normal experience – follow a peculiar and unexpected logic, and in making that logic plain Gladwell presents a fascinating and provocative blueprint for making the most of human potential.”

This was such an easy read I'm considering checking out his other two books: blink and tipping point. I'll let you know if they are good!

Have a good day!! Heather

1 comment:

Book Look Column Author said...

I read and reviewed "Blink" about a year ago and loved it. It is a put down/pick up book with lots of stuff on how we make decisions. You are the 2nd person to like "Outliers" so I'll have to read it now!