Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their generation.
Gladwell examines how the careers of Bill Gates and the performance of world-class football players are alike; what top fighter pilots and The Beatles have in common; why so many top lawyers are Jewish; why Asians are good at maths; and why it is correct to say that the mathematician who solved Fermat's Theorem is not a genius. Just as he did in Blink, Gladwell overturns many of our conventional notions and creates an entirely new model for seeing the world.
Malcolm Gladwell was born in England but raised in Canada. His father is a civil engineer and a professor emeritus at University of Waterloo and his mother, a psychotherapist. It is his mother, also a writer, is who he considers his role model. Gladwell graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history.
From 1987 to 1996, he was a reporter with the Washington Post, where he covered business, science, and then served as the newspaper's New York City bureau chief. All his books have been New York Times bestsellers. He was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2005. His latest book , What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures, was released on October 20, 2009. What the Dog Saw bundles together his favourite articles from the New Yorker since he joined it as a staff writer in 1996. All the pieces in What the Dog Saw are available free of charge on Gladwell's website.
Gladwell’s books often often deal with the unexpected implications of research in the social sciences and often uses academic work, particularly in the areas of sociology, psychology, and social psychology, as material for his books.
He continues to be a staff writer for The New Yorker and lives in New York City.
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