Showing posts with label Outliers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Outliers. Show all posts

Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Outliers in Life by Marilyn Galan Albarran


Knowing the reasons as to why Bill Gates and the Beatles became successful can be greatly beneficial. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, is about the secrets of success and how someone can become successful. Gladwell provides the reasons as to why people are successful like the Beatles. One can be surprised at the different ways ones success can be aided or demolished. Many factors can just be determined by your birthday or where you are from. This book on a rating from one to ten is a ten. It gets one involved by leaving the reader wondering what aspects can help them be successful. This book should be for mature young adults because it’s focused on encouraging them to become successful in the fastest way possible.

Unraveling the Future to Success by Edith Baeza Avila

For centuries, certain people have become very known to the public. Crowds squeal--"Eeeeeeee! There she/he goes!" But is it natural ability, or is it by the opportunity they had in a moment in their life? The book, Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, focuses on the success that people acquire and how it is obtained by the opportunities and not the person themselves. Outliers focuses on the ways or path to being successful in anything. Not only is success required by the opportunity, but by the work, or how hard you try, to move forward and make your reality happen. If  you are someone that likes going deep into a subject or finding out the real meaning and reason of an occurrence, than this book might be for you. With the rating of three out of five stars, Outliers is an interesting book to see the little ways that people achieve their goals.  Major points and studies were drawn up to make the reading interesting, and to encourage the reader to keep reading further.
   

The Truth Behind Success by Ismael Alvarado Soto


We come to think of celebrities and star athletes as people who have come to be who they are solely because of their dedication and skills in what they do, but this is not always the case. Outliers is a book with purposes of exploring that which is not given thought to in a common mind. Not only does the book look into the background information as to why someone or something is so successful, but also gives advice or knowledge on how to not just perceive something by how it looks. It wants you to look into the picture much deeper than the common eye will. The overall message of the book is that there are people that are given much more opportunities or face much fewer obstacles on the way to doing something at a high caliber. These people are given the nickname “outliers” by author Malcolm Gladwell. And because of the surplus in opportunities or lack of obstacles, they become who they are today.

I believe this book’s intended audience is those who seek an engaging and influential text, people who are genuinely smarter or more knowledgeable than others. This is because the ideas and arguments the author uses are for more advanced and complex thinkers, those who like learning new things and gaining knowledge they can share with others. People who are open to other’s opinions, in short. The author also raises some eye-opening ideas that will leave the reader asking themselves why had they never thought of that--something that is always enjoyed by any reader. Overall, this book is a fantastic read with an amazing message and view.