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what / be successful people / like?
What are successful people like?
What is the title of Malcolm Gladwell's book?
Outliers
Who does he use as examples?
Ice hockey players.
What is the second more important factor that makes a person successful?
Extra practise.
what kind / personalities / they have?
What kind of personalities do they have?
Does he think we are asking the right or wrong question?
Wrong questions.
Where are the ice hockey players from?
Canada and Czech Republic.
How many hours should someone practise to become successful?
10,000
how intelligent / they?
How intelligent are they?
Talent.
When were the luckiest players born?
The ones born in the first months of the year.
General topic:
a person, thing, or fact that is very different from other people, things, or facts, so that it cannot be used to draw general conclusions
outlier
what kind / lifestyles / they have?
What kind of lifestyles do they have?
How many other more important factors are there?
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What are the boys born early in the year like?
Bigger, stronger, and more coordinated.
what special talents / might / they / born with?
What special talents might they have been born with?
What is the first other more important factor?
Luck.
At what age will boys born early be more successful?
13 or 14.