Malcolm Gladwell | Ian Sidden

Outliers: The Story of Success

I have just finished reading Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, and it’s had a not-so-subtle effect on the way I think about my actions. It is not a perfect book, but the thoughts that it stimulates are important ones to consider.

In reading some reviews of the book,

Practice Makes Perfect

I have been browsing Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Outliers due to some excerpts that had been left in the copy room next to my teacher’s studio. These excerpts cite a study where researchers studied music students at a major conservatory. They estimated the number of hours they had practiced since first picking