New Read for June 2021 - Outliers

We are so delighted to share our new read with the world. Please join us as we read Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, a book that brings an unconventional perspective to the question, Why do some people succeed far more than others? 

Every month, Discovery Shoppe Book Club picks an amazing book from different genres based on our reading calendar for the year. This month, June read takes us on the journey of Self-Help.

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell is our book for June!!!

In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that the true story of success is very different and that if we want to understand how some people thrive, we should spend some time looking around them - at such things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birthdate. This is different from the story that is always told about successful people - a story that only focuses on intelligence and ambition. 


To him, the story of success is more complex and a lot more interesting than it initially appears. Gladwell writes to convince us to ask other questions and seek deeper explanations for people's successes. Read Outliers to understand his view on the various influences to a (wo)man success and his stand on a self-made (wo)man.


If you are curious to understand the complexities in the success story of geniuses, business tycoons, rockstars, or a software programmer like Bill Gates, then Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers is the book for you. Join us as we dig up what is profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success. We hope to see the story of success from varied lenses, understand the things we can change or cannot, and learn how to manage it or in fact, identify opportunities that exploit our supposed disadvantages.


Look out for our "Know Your Author" post and book reviews in the coming weeks.


If you are interested in being a member of the book club, click here to sign up.


With love,

Discovery Shoppe Book Club

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