Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell

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.

We make rules that frustrate achievement. We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.

Their success was not just of their own making. It was a product of the world in which they grew up.

Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.