OUTLIERSMalcolm Gladwell

An alternative theory of success

What are the qualities required to get admission in CBS?

How many of you feel that a certain number of students who had these qualities did not get in

CBS?

Is it because..

WE ARE OUTLIERS!!!

THE GRAPH

The Author

Malcolm T. Gladwell

What is an Outlier?

“who doesn't fit into our normal understanding of achievement”.

Or, statistically, it also means...

...this.

The Novel

Published in 2008, Outliers attempts to answer,

“What makes some people successful and not others?”

Traditional View of Success

Gladwell’s view of success

Matthew Effect

“For unto every one that hath shall be given,

and he shall have abundance: but from him that

hath not shall be taken even that which he

hath.”

— Matthew 25:29, King James Version.

Case Study: Canadian Hockey Players

• 40% were born between January-March

• 30% between April-June• 20% between July-September• 10% between October-

December

The Outliers

The explanation:

cut-off birth date for trying out for hockey leagues is January 1st.

Okay Anusha, good presentation. What do I do with this information?

The 10,000 Hour RuleIt’s not enough to be born with a talent to be an expert.

Violins in Berlin

Psychologists asked violin students of a music school in Berlin, “Ever since you first picked up the violin, how many hours have you practiced?”

All had begun playing at roughly five years of age with similar practice times.

However, by age twenty, the elite performers averaged more than 10,000 hours of practice each, while the less able performers had only 4,000 hours of practice.

Further analysis reveals how essential it is to have 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in any field.

● Bill Gates & Paul Allen spent hours programming (20 to 30 hours a week), skipping athletics and even sneaking out at night to get in computer time.

● For example, The Beatles spent two years in Germany playing long hours each day (8 hours a day, 7 days a week, for a good chunk of the year) before they became famous which adds up to roughly 10,000 hours of practice.

● Although Mozart was skilled at the piano, he didn’t start writing his own compositions until he reached 21 years of age, the age by which he had achieved 10,000 hours of practice.