Outliers: The Story of Success

Quotes

• We usually think of outstanding achievements as the result of talent plus ambition, but how many hours of perfection are added to your talent is directly related to how close to the equator your ancestors were born.
• Success is not something that just happens. Success is caused by specific, identifiable reasons and circumstances.
• When researchers study people who have achieved something remarkable, it is usually found that an especially passionate and talented child received special opportunities to showcase their abilities.
• The fact that we spend so much time thinking about one thing and doing it with relatively the same people, so much so that they gain an advantage over others, is not a personal merit. It is a structural advantage.
• Practice is not what you do when you are good at something. It's what you do to become good.