Sociology
deals with how society and social groupsas opposed to individual variations, which are explored
by psychologyaffect people. In Outliers, Gladwell challenges the concept
many people hold that success is won by individual characteristics that one is born with, such
as being born a genius.
For example, Gladwell credits many successful
people's success to their fortunate circumstances in being able to practice or work for a much
longer time, earlier on, than most other people could. For instance, The Beatles had a lucky
break, being invited to play in Hamburg for eight hours a day,...
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