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Top 3 lessons to be an outlier


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Recently I finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outlier. I have been a fan of his works after reading the Tipping Point and Blink. Here is a list of 3 tips taken from the book that I found to be especially motivational:

  1. Hard to do it alone

    Many successful people have had opportunities or help from others. Bill Gates had parents who were part of the “rotary club.” They were also rather affluent parents. Therefore, he had access to program computers before computers were available to the general public.