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Through a series of case studies, Outliers attempts to describe success as the outcome of place, time of birth and culture. The author dives deep into the story behind exceptional performance in cultures, aptitude testing trends and individual achievements around the world and back in time. The author argues that the upbringing of individuals greatly impacts their likelihood to succeed, including community culture, parenting techniques, access to specialized resources, ancestry, and even birth dates. The book doesnt spend much time arguing what is right or wrong. Instead it makes the case that the world would produce many more success stories if more people were given opportunities like a January birth for hockey or unlimited access to programming at a young age like Bill Gates. Success is a formula, the outcome of which can be predicted by observing a persons communal surroundings, instilled work ethic, the expectations and opportunities given by his parents (being a Jewish Lawyer in 1970s), and the time he commits (10,000th hour rule) to developing a skill that will be valuable upon mastery. The book thus provides a beautiful outlook towards the various success stories which have been a source of inspiration for many years. It is commendable how analytically author assesses the parameters associated with individual and correlates them to present as a phenomenon common in all success stories.
Whether dealing with an outbreak or marketing ploy. From there we entered into the stickiness factor or the ability to get something to stick in ones mind. The power of context added an effect of the environment in the world of marketing. The book in all was very well written and very easy to relate to. This book provides a handy tool towards the business / marketing field to catapult the individual to a better understanding of the need for the three rules Gladwell described.
THE GOAL
Through, THE GOAL, Goldratt provides an overview of few management skills to be inherited in any professionals life with ease in this inspiring novel based management textbook. These ideas expressed, are simply conceptualized in the form of a novel, which any professional can easily relate to.
The book mainly revolves around the protagonist, Alex, his superiors and his team along with his management Guru, Jonah, who changes the whole perspective of Alexs life with his simple messages, opens Alex to brand new world of bottlenecks, variability, etc. and their effects in the working of any manufacturing firm. The story also captures his family in the back-ground to enlighten the drudgeries of a manufacturing engineers life. The ideas although expressed in the backdrop of the manufacturing industries can easily be extended towards all major types of organizations including the service providers. While the primary work that supports the Theory of Constraints is greatly dependent upon formal queue theory, The Goal provides a solid, non-technical starting point for readers to begin a discussion about productivity and the nature of improvement in their organizations.