• Outliers – A Synopsis

    I’ve just recently finished the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.  What a completely fascinating book! The subtitle of this book is called “The Story of Success”  and throughout the book Gladwell tackles seemingly unrelated happenings in life and shows how those very circumstances contributed to your success or non-success. For example, hockey players.  A few years ago it was discovered that almost every hockey player that was on the Junior Hockey League in Canada was born in January, February or March almost without exception. Why is this?  Is it because those born in January, February or March are special?  No, it’s simply that the cut-off date for age-class hockey is January 1.  Therefore,…