Outliers

But before he could become an expert, someone had to give him the opportunity to learn how to be an expert.

Being a successful lawyer is about a lot more than IQ. It involves having the kind of fertile mind that Poole had. And just because Michigan’s minority students have lower scores on convergence tests doesn’t mean they don’t have that other critical trait in abundance.

If intelligence matters only up to a point, then past that point, other things—things that have nothing to do with intelligence—must start to matter more.

Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.

and if you are willing to work to develop that ability, the system will reward you.

Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.

Once someone has reached an IQ of somewhere around 120, having

Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.

sense of entitlement