Mar 29, 20091
Outliers: Kanye West
What is an Outlier1? Theirs are stories of high levels of success. Malcolm Gladwell takes a look at the circumstances that have made them above average. Let’s take the self-proclaimed “Voice of our generation” and see what makes him stand head and shoulders above his competition. Was it all grit and hustle that put him atop the charts, or were there other factors out of his control? We like to think it was more of the latter.
- in short, the gifted, the talented tenth, those who seem to stand outside the of the norm in terms of everyday achievements [↩]
