Roy (watsanson) reviewed on 3/6/2011 + 13 more book reviews

Like other Gladwell books and you will like this one. Dont and you wont because it is formulaic. Taking a common idea and selling it like it is the front page new of the NY times is what he is good at. He is a salesman of ideas, not a creator of ideas. And like any salesman only knows how to parrot what is in the specs without really understanding them.

Practice anything for 10K hours and you will be great... so why not 9K and I will be awesome. It is poorly researched but a nice cautionary tale to start early and stick to it if you want to succeed.

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