In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, what is author Malcolm Gladwell's opinion on what it means to be successful?

In his
book ,seeks to upend the common assumption that success is the
accomplishment of an individual who merits success thanks to his or her prodigious intellect or
ambition. In his opinion, the credit for any successful achievement must be distributed amongst
all the participants in an individual's life who contributed to that individual's progress. As
well, Gladwell opines that developing a sense of savvy is essential to success; though someone
may be gifted intellectually, without savvy, success will prove to be elusive.

According to Gladwell, the society a person inhabits has a significant impact on who
that person will become. If someone's family, for example, teaches that person to possess a
sense of agency or even entitlement toward the achievement of success, then success is more
likely to happen. A child's neighborhood and wider community also has an effect on the
likelihood of his or her abilities and potential for success; better...