In "Why People are Successful," Gladwell turns his focus to a fascinating question that many entrepreneurs have pondered as they have pursued their own ambitions - and raised their families.
In his latest book, Gladwell argues that the secrets of successful people--from Bill Gates to the Beatles--can be decoded, copied and reconstructed. He shows that we pay too much attention to how successful people present themselves and too little to their family, cultural and generational roots. And he goes on to show just how culture affects our career and performance, why some cultures are good at math, and what causes the "achievement gap" in the education system in the U.S.
However, there's a solution: Gladwell offers a fresh new model for fostering success and giving people the best opportunities to achieve their full potential.
It's hard to overestimate Gladwell's impact on our ideas. In The Tipping Point, he popularized the phrase "tipping point" and advanced our understanding of how trends spread. He went on to take a close look at the first impressions we make in Blink, showing how they influence decision-making. And in Outliers, he discussed how to help people succeed by drawing on the factors that truly foster success. "
Before joining the New Yorker, Gladwell served as a reporter, and then New York City bureau chief, for The Washington Post. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, after growing up in rural Ontario. He now lives in New York City.
