Gladwell tears down the myth of individual merit to explore how culture, circumstance, timing, birth, and luck acccount for success -- and how historical legacies can hold others back despite ample individual gifts. - Publishers Weekly
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Upon Reading the Introduction
Gladwell's intro: Context! Environment! Values! Socialization! Apparently having good ones of these from childhood helps a lot....My thoughts: too bad that when one is a child, there's not much control over any of these. Bummer.
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