Summary: Outliers ...in 30 Minutes - A Concise Summary of Malcolm Gladwell’s Bestselling Book

by The 30 Minute Expert Series

Outliers …in 30 minutes is the essential guide to quickly understanding the ideas and stories explored in Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book, Outliers: The Story of Success.

In Outliers, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell examines the fundamentals of extraordinary success and the people who achieve it. Claiming that society pays too much attention to characteristics like intelligence and ambition in successful people and not enough to the circumstances that shape them, he argues that external forces also propel the highly successful. Culture, family, demographics, chance circumstances, and hidden advantages can have as much or more to do with an outlier’s success as IQ or drive.

Gladwell uses compelling research and fascinating case studies to demonstrate his assertion that nobody achieves success on his or her own merits. From Canadian hockey players to Bill Gates, Gladwell knits together a fascinating story about success.

A 30 Minute Expert Summary

Designed for those whose desire to learn exceeds the time they have available, 30 Minute Expert Summaries enable readers to rapidly understand the important ideas behind critically acclaimed books.

With a condensed format and chapter-by-chapter synopsis that highlights key lessons, readers can quickly and easily become experts …in 30 minutes.

Genres: Nonfiction

46 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2012

Reviews

[Agod · Rating 5 out of 5]

You must read this book. In almost no time, you can learn how the most successful people reached the top, and how you can too. Many of us think that innate talent alone accounts for extraordinary achievement, but this excellent summary of Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” shows that success actually comes from hard work and serendipity. This book gives overviews and summaries of each chapter in "Outliers", allowing you to get the impact of the book in a fraction of the time. Take a few minutes to read this book and you will find out how your culture affects you, and how to use that knowledge to overcome obstacles to success.

[Jc Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a huge Malcolm Gladwell fan, and Outliers is without a doubt my favorite out of all his books. That is why this summary comes in so handy so often. Each chapter quickly gets his point across with just the right amout of support. Whether I’m using the 10,000 rule as an example for my children or refreshing my memory of the great story of Joe Flom, all the information is there and I don’t have to take the time to read the entire book again to find it.

[Redheadreading · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was delighted to find this concise version of a book I have been wanting to read. And I'm glad I did--what a powerful way of considering what creates an 'outlier'. There ARE things you can do to impact your ability to accomplish extraordinary things--talent and intelligence play a smaller part then you'd think. And if you are a parent, you should read this--it will change how you help your child/grandchild. I'm still pondering some of the key points days after reading this. Paradigm shift.

[Natalie J · Rating 5 out of 5]

This synopsis made me rethink success in profound ways. This is a fresh, insightful, and very surprising analysis of how people achieve greatness. Understanding the common threads woven into many highly successful people’s lives motivated me to keep reaching for the stars!