Outliers ...in 30 minutes is the essential guide to quickly understanding the ideas and stories explored in Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling book, Outliers: The Story of Success. In Outliers, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell examines the fundamentals of extraordinary success and the people who achieve it. Claiming that society pays too much attention to characteristics like intelligence and ambition in successful people and not enough to the circumstances that shape them, he argues that external forces also propel the highly successful. Culture, family, demographics, chance circumstances, and hidden advantages can have as much or more to do with an outlier's success as IQ or drive. Gladwell uses compelling research and fascinating case studies to demonstrate his assertion that nobody achieves success on his or her own merits. From Canadian hockey players to Bill Gates, Gladwell knits together a fascinating story about success. A 30 Minute Expert SummaryDesigned for those whose desire to learn exceeds the time they have available, 30 Minute Expert Summaries enable readers to rapidly understand the important ideas behind critically acclaimed books.With a condensed format and chapter-by-chapter synopsis that highlights key lessons, readers can quickly and easily become experts ...in 30 minutes.