As my mom told me early this year, The Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell is a nationally ranked book. All throughout this spring, she would give me little bits and pieces of information from the book, such as the fact that the Raven's Progressive Matrices tests are the most advanced IQ tests in the world, and almost no one can get a good score on them. Obviously, this was intriguing. I began to ask my Mom more about the book, to which she replied: "you'll just have to read it." So, since The Outliers has been lying on my nightstand beside my bed for a few months now, I decided to give it a shot.
I researched a bit more on what the book was about and I found out that it offers the formula to success! Well, not quite, but it does highlight many famous successful people (and success stories) and analyze what made them so successful. Gladwell's radically different viewpoint on success states that success is not just who a person is, or how hard he or she works, but most of success can come from someone's culture, family, generation, and his or her upbringing. Although Mr. Yost did give us a fair warning on Gladwell's writing style, the topic of his book is just too attractive to resist.
After reading this book, I expect to be equipped with the secret to life, and the formula for success. So I may be exaggerating, but in all seriousness, I want to use the information in this book to make this year a successful year for me. My goal in this year is to learn to think on a higher level and to learn to work with the efficience and diligence of a college student. I have to adapt to my new workload and at the same time balance many different extracurricular activities. I'm hoping that some tips and advice from someone who has studied why certain people succeed might help me to do the same. I'm hoping to become an outlier!
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