Learn what sets high achievers apart -- from Bill Gates to the Beatles -- in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

Nach seinen beiden Sachbuch-Bestsellern "Blink!" und "Tipping Point" kommt nun das neueste unterhaltsam-intelligente Werk des kreativen Autors: Was macht "Überflieger" zu ebensolchen, ob in der Wirtschaft (Microsoft), in der Musik (Beatles) oder auch im Sport? An investigation into the roots of success - brilliant and entertaining. What makes high-achievers different?