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The Book Pile

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8598 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell asks, what does it take to become the master of your field? His answer: thousands of hours of practice--plus being born in the right place at the right time to the right family. Plus, Dave knows stuff about hockey despite having all his teeth. And Kellen gets insulted by a taxi driver despite being in Canada. * To buy the book, Outliers, or listen to it free on Audible AND support the podcast, click here! https://amzn.to/3qg1qwx * Kellen Erskine has appeared on C...

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, what if you could become an expert in your field? For instance, could I become the

0:06.7

master of rhetorical questions? Today's book is Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. And this is the

0:12.7

book pile. I have a couple of great reviews here. This first one is from NH9. I think it's a cult.

0:21.8

I just woke up like someone out of their assassin hypnosis.

0:27.4

You ever see that trope in movies where all you have to do is like say a couple of words that aren't usually said together?

0:35.3

Like raft eggs and all of a sudden some guy, his eyes

0:39.8

will go back in his head and he'll just kill everyone in the room.

0:44.6

Was he bullied in high school by people who called him raft eggs and it just drives him ballistic?

0:50.0

Oh, that would be hilarious for a movie that all of that happens.

0:54.3

And someone's like, oh, man, was he like a hypnotized Russian assassin this whole time?

0:59.6

And the dude who did it was like, no, I mean, I went to high school with him.

1:03.8

He hated that.

1:05.5

So, NH9.

1:07.5

So Raftaggs says, Kellyn was my favorite guest on the middle of somewhere podcast.

1:13.2

So happy to stumble onto this podcast.

1:16.8

It's hilarious and perfect.

1:19.7

That was great.

1:20.4

Thank you.

1:21.4

Thank you, Raftags.

1:22.3

Yeah, that's...

1:23.9

I was also my favorite guest on that show.

1:27.9

This one other review says,

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