Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
They had to appreciate the idea that the values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.
“If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.”
―
―
“It’s not enough to ask what successful people are like, in other words. It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“Their world—their culture and generation and family history—gave them the greatest of opportunities.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
Gail’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gail’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
962 books
|
2 friends
1,884 books
|
197 friends
330 books
|
11 friends
1,648 books
|
19 friends
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Gail
Lists liked by Gail