summary ofOutliersBook by Malcolm Gladwell

first KEY POINT

Your birth month can affect your progress

How much more can we talk about ways to achieve success? After all, the modern world has already decided that the presence or absence of career progress depends either on hard work, talent, or simple luck.

But the scientist Malcolm Gladwell is interested in the other side of success, namely the non-obvious natural and unnatural factors that influence our achievements. We encounter them even in childhood, for example, during the selection process for sports teams. By the way, what month were you born in? No, this question is not about determining your zodiac sign.The sports regulations of many countries outline the recruitment rules for a team as follows: children of the same birth year should play in the same group. Which seems logical, right? But it is worth mentioning that we progress very quickly in childhood regarding intellectual and physical skills. And what about those playing on the same team but with a twelve-month age difference? Because they were born in January and December, respectively, they are at entirely different levels of development.Therefore, some sports coaches confuse the maturity of children several months older with their talent. They pay more attention to them in training and transfer them to teams with more intense preparation.So, what does success depend on? Do you have to be an outlier to influence your progress or does it all depend on your date of birth and genes?(Spoiler — of course, you can have influence! Otherwise, nothing in this world would make sense).In the next few minutes, you will learn everything necessary to take your understanding of success to a higher level!