Comments on: Malcolm Gladwell outliers – A very personal review http://blog.amirkhella.com/2008/12/14/malcolm-gladwells-outliers-a-very-personal-review/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:01:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sjors http://blog.amirkhella.com/2008/12/14/malcolm-gladwells-outliers-a-very-personal-review/comment-page-1/#comment-5717 Sjors Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:00:34 +0000 http://blog.amirkhella.com/?p=55#comment-5717 Where I think Gladwell could have been more clear is his definition of Outliers, the difference between the few multi-billionaires our planet knows, and the many happy and successful people. His point is, I think, that to become a multi-billionaire you have to be really, really lucky and be at the accidentally perfectly prepared person on that one moment in a century that all the planets align. What he hardly mentions (because that is not what his book is about) are all the people who are mini-outliers (or as one of the commenters states, we are all outliers) The second half of the book therefore feels quite disconnected when he attempts to make a case that good education should be available for everyone. Where I think Gladwell could have been more clear is his definition of Outliers, the difference between the few multi-billionaires our planet knows, and the many happy and successful people. His point is, I think, that to become a multi-billionaire you have to be really, really lucky and be at the accidentally perfectly prepared person on that one moment in a century that all the planets align. What he hardly mentions (because that is not what his book is about) are all the people who are mini-outliers (or as one of the commenters states, we are all outliers)

The second half of the book therefore feels quite disconnected when he attempts to make a case that good education should be available for everyone.

]]> By: Paulo Coelho http://blog.amirkhella.com/2008/12/14/malcolm-gladwells-outliers-a-very-personal-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Paulo Coelho Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:13:53 +0000 http://blog.amirkhella.com/?p=55#comment-1022 Dear Amir, great article indeed - good to attack these unfounded myths. love Paulo Dear Amir,

great article indeed – good to attack these unfounded myths.

love
Paulo

]]> By: Patience Merian http://blog.amirkhella.com/2008/12/14/malcolm-gladwells-outliers-a-very-personal-review/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Patience Merian Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:52:08 +0000 http://blog.amirkhella.com/?p=55#comment-993 Amir, totally brilliant. Thank you for putting this together and sending it out. Yeah! What you point out has been my experience in all the important directions I have taken in life. Now, most importantly, the Children's Path Programs. The reward for me has been pure joy. Not bad, eh? Amir, totally brilliant. Thank you for putting this together and sending it out. Yeah! What you point out has been my experience in all the important directions I have taken in life. Now, most importantly, the Children’s Path Programs. The reward for me has been pure joy. Not bad, eh?

]]> By: Bruce Wilson http://blog.amirkhella.com/2008/12/14/malcolm-gladwells-outliers-a-very-personal-review/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Bruce Wilson Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:48:06 +0000 http://blog.amirkhella.com/?p=55#comment-984 Hi Amir, Oops, I unintentionally neglected to put my name to the comment I just sent (reflecting my view that we are ALL outliers, depending upon how you measure us). Please feel free to associate my name with my comment if you wish to post it. thanks, - Bruce Hi Amir,

Oops, I unintentionally neglected to put my name to the comment I just sent (reflecting my view that we are ALL outliers, depending upon how you measure us). Please feel free to associate my name with my comment if you wish to post it.

thanks,

- Bruce

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.amirkhella.com/2008/12/14/malcolm-gladwells-outliers-a-very-personal-review/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Anonymous Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:36:00 +0000 http://blog.amirkhella.com/?p=55#comment-983 Thanks for assembling and sharing your deep perspective here, Amir. My two cents: after studying psychology as an undergraduate I came to believe that we are ALL outliers. It's when someone is artificially scrutinized in only one dimension at a time rather than as a complete whole that they can be characterized as "normal". Thanks for assembling and sharing your deep perspective here, Amir.

My two cents: after studying psychology as an undergraduate I came to believe that we are ALL outliers. It’s when someone is artificially scrutinized in only one dimension at a time rather than as a complete whole that they can be characterized as “normal”.

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