I truly love Malcolm Gladwell and the way he writes his books. His knowledge, and research, seems to be impeccable and his ability to explain very obtuse ideas is fantastic. I enjoy learning about the Jewish lawyers in NYC, the computer geniuses like Bill Gates and others, and the richest people in America and how so much of what they accomplished was based on when they were born, what luck they had, and an incredible amount of hard work. There is no self-made person and this book helps show that perfectly.

I also very much enjoyed how, at the end of the book, he goes into his own family and explains how he became the way he is because of how lucky his ancestors were to be raised, even though slaves, in Jamaica compared to America because slaves were allowed much more freedom, power and prestige in the 1800s. His point is that he would not be the person he is, in the position he is, with the ability he has, if not for that perfect occurrence of luck, hard work and time placement.