Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

I enjoyed Gladwell's The Tipping Point, but Blink not so much. I think Outliers is more interesting than either of those two best-selling books. In it, he talks about opportunities enabling 'geniuses' instead of the typical story of a self-made success who appears to start from nothing. How is it that some Asian cultures seem to value hard work more and benefit from it in non-obvious ways? How is that so many Jewish families produced doctors and lawyers in their second or third generations in the US? Why do the children of wealthy parents seem to get a better education even though they go to the same schools as the less wealthy? There are several other interesting observations that might change your view of what makes success.