Shannon's Review - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Title: Outliers
Series: N/A
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Genre: Psychology, Non-Fiction
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Received: Purchased
Release Date: November 2008
Pages: 309
Rating:
Shannon’s  Thoughts:

The Outliers is a look at what author Malcolm Gladwell thinks make a person successful. Gladwell talks about family, location and time of being born.  These are all subjects that define us to the point whether we struggle getting the success or stuck at the bottom.

I thought the first half of Outliers was interesting as Gladwell talks about months and years people are born that may factor into a person success.  

I was more or less bored reading the second half which discussed families, and locations that define how hard you are going to work to be successful.  I also did not agree some of the facts discussed in the second half.

Outliers is an interesting read.  I picked it because some of the other books I had been reading mentioned it.   I would be interested in some of Gladwell’s other books.    


Website:

Official Site of Malcolm Gladwell
http://www.gladwell.com

Review - An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

Title: An UnQuiet Mind
Series: N/A
Author: Kay Redfield Jamison
Genre: Psychology , Non Fiction
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Received: Purchased
Release Date: January 1997
Pages: 224
Rating:


What is it About?

A psychologist writes of her own struggle with depression and bipolarism.

My Thoughts:

Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison writes about her life dealing with bipolar. Her struggle with schools, relationships and her inner critic.

My own psychiatrist recommend this book hoping I would relate that this was another woman struggling with illness and gaining the upper hand on. I really did not find that much I could relate with her since she has bipolar and I have schizophrenia. She pretty much examined her whole life and realized she had this illness very early in her life. I respect that she has accomplished much in her life. I don’t know if I will ever accomplish to the degree she has done. You may not agree with my rating for every person it will probably be different.

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