no one used to thinking about health in terms of community (16)

1. according to researchers the magic number for true expertise is 10.000 hours (53)

2. practice is not that thing that you do once you are good. It is the thing you do that makes you good (56)

3. extraordinary achievement is less about talent than it is about opportunity (107)

4. a basketball player only has to be tall enough and the same is true of intelligence (109)

5. divergence test (for example: how many uses can be done with a blanket and a jar?). It does not give a unique and correct answer like a convergence test so it does not measure analytical intelligence but something closer to creativity. (117)

6. only one thing mattered: family background (146) A community around can properly prepare for the world

7. Successful people don’t do it alone. Where they come from matters. They’re products of particular places and environments (155)

8. 3 qualities that work has to have to be satisfying: autonomy, complexity and a connection between effort and reward. Work that fulfills those criteria is meaningful (194)

9. The “culture of honor” hypothesis says that it matters where you are from, not just in terms where you grew up but also where your ancestors grew up (213)

10. every major airline now has what is called “crew resourse management” training, which is designed to teach junior crew members how to communicate clearly and assertively (important in case of emergencies to overcome cultural differences) (243)

11. outliers are those who have been given opportunities - and who have had the strenght and presence of mind to seize them on this page. (290)