Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION — The Roseto Mystery — 1 min
   Roseto, Pennsylvania looks like an ordinary immigrant town, yet for decades it produces an extraordinary statistic: far fewer…
2. CHAPTER 1 — The Matthew Effect — 1 min
   In competitive systems, small early advantages snowball. The “best” get better not only because they’re better, but because…
3. CHAPTER 2 — The 10,000-Hour Rule — 1 min
   Greatness is rarely a lightning strike. It is usually the compound interest of hours spent doing the hard…
4. CHAPTER 3 — The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1 — 1 min
   High intelligence opens doors, but it does not guarantee you’ll walk through them. Past a certain threshold, being…
5. CHAPTER 4 — The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2 — 1 min
   When someone exceptionally bright struggles, it’s tempting to explain it as a personal flaw—odd temperament, lack of drive,…
6. CHAPTER 5 — The Three Lessons of Joe Flom — 1 min
   The story of a legendary lawyer becomes a case study in timing. The question is not “Why was…
7. CHAPTER 6 — Harlan, Kentucky — 1 min
   Some inheritances are not money or education, but emotional habits: how a community handles disrespect, conflict, and pride.…
8. CHAPTER 7 — The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes — 1 min
   Most disasters are not caused by one dramatic failure. They come from a chain of small errors that…
9. CHAPTER 8 — Rice Paddies and Math Tests — 1 min
   Achievement can be a cultural habit. In parts of East Asia, rice farming demanded meticulous, repetitive labor and…
10. CHAPTER 9 — Marita’s Bargain — 1 min
    A gifted student in a struggling neighborhood can do everything “right” and still fall behind, because the school…
11. EPILOGUE — A Jamaican Story — 1 min
    A family story becomes a final proof that “legacy” isn’t metaphor. In Jamaica, a rigid color hierarchy once…
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell — 1 min
    Behind every argument is a small army: researchers who chase facts, editors who tighten logic, friends who point…
13. NOTES — Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell — 1 min
    The notes are a reminder that stories are scaffolding, not substitutes for evidence. Behind each vignette sits research:…