Outliers

High-Level Thoughts

Outliers are those who have been given a gifts of extreme advantages, extraordinary opportunities, cultural legacies - and have the strength and prescence of mind to sieze them.

Summary Notes

People don't rise from nothing- parentage & patronage.

Outliers are the beneficiaries of hidden advantages, extraordinary opportunities, and cultural legacies.

Outliers are those who have been given a gift-and have the strength and prescence of mind to sieze them.

10,000 hr rule. There is no short-cut to mastery than putting in the hours.

Intelligence has a threshhold. Once someone has reached an IQ of 120, additional points have no affect on real-world advantage.

Success is not a random act. It arises out of predictable and powerful set of circumstances & opportunities.

When opportunity presents itself, seize it.

Timing – Critical to success and opportunity.

The quality of upbringing a child has been shown to be a key determinant on future success (even more so than pure IQ).

Once you cross a certain threshold with your skills and abilities, any extra won’t do you much good.