Powerful lessons from the book "outliers."

 𝟏𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 "𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬" 𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐦 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥

𝟏. 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭

To become successful, many things outside of your control must come into alignment. 

Focus on what you can control, effort and improvement.

𝟐. 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 = 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 + 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞

Natural talent gives you a head start but does not guarantee success.

Consistently practice a craft you love. 

You'll gain more talent than any natural starts with.

𝟑. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞

It takes roughly 10,000 hours to become world class.

Most experts accomplish this over 10 years.

Be patient, keep going, your time will come.

𝟒. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

It's difficult to hit your 10,000 hours of practice if your passion is a side hustle.

Find a job that will pay to practice your passion for 8 hours a day.

𝟓. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞

IQ and natural talent are important, but only to a point.

A tall basketball player has an advantage but isn't guaranteed to be the best player.

You reach your full potential by layering talent with a winning attitude.

𝟔. 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬

You wouldn't be where you are today without your

• Spouse

• Friends

• Parents

• Coaches

• Teammates

• Business Partners

They all played a role in producing a legend. Thank them.

𝟕. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫

People are born with natural talent, better circumstances, and in safer places with more opportunities.

The only thing that's fair is that this unfairness applies to everyone.

Never let it hold you back from going after your goals.

𝟖. 𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝟒 𝐚𝐦

Anyone who goes through the pain of waking up at 4 am 365 days a year fails to become successful.

Join the 4 am club and become unstoppable.

9. The 3 keys to fulfilling work

1. You're passionate about it

2. You find it challenging

3. There's a connection between your efforts and a reward.

You're guaranteed to feel fulfilled at work if you have all 3.

10. IQ matters up to a point.

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐐 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟐𝟎, 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬.