Behind Every Outliers: The Story Of Success

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Behind every outlier is a story of their interesting journey to triumph. Outliers: The Story of success explains the logic behind a person’s success. It’s not always because they strive hard to be successful. It may be the little things we never imagine that makes a person great, bright and successful with his chosen field. Gladwell explains in this book about men and women who do things out of the ordinary in order to achieve success. This book explains the extraordinary world of Outliers—from geniuses to business tycoons, rock stars and software programmers, and explain an outlier’s unexpected secrets to success.

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