“Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell

In our English Class we read the book “Outliers” by bestseller author Malcolm Gladwell.
“Outlier is: a) something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body or
b) a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample.”
Reading this book we find out exciting facts for example that a high IQ is not necessarily a guarantee for success, there also is the need of being creative. Once you are upon the so called threshold it is no more that important weather your IQ is 130 or 200. With a very high IQ it is more important to be, as I said before, creative but also to have practical intelligence. This means that we have to be able to really communicate, to let others know what we like, what we want and what we are able to do. Some people are “talkers”, others are “listeners”. In daily life and- to become successful- it is much more helpful to learn the skills of being a talker, being active.