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The secrets of success

Clive on Learning

Last year I was lucky enough to see Malcolm Gladwell live in Brighton (see my review ). Thanks to a train journey to and from London yesterday, I’ve finally followed this up by reading Gladwell’s Outliers (Allen Lane, 2008). Many of you will have read this by now, but just in case you haven’t, the gist of Gladwell’s ideas is as follows: Becoming a world-class success in what you do, is only partially related to what you are as a person, i.e. what you were born with.

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Just why do Aussies, Brits and Italians network so much online?

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According to a Neilsen report, as quoted in A World of Connections , a special report in The Economist on social networking, in October 2009 the countries in which users spent the most hours using social media were Australia, the UK and Italy. For each of this top three, the average user spent over six hours in the month. Why these three? I haven't got a clue, but if I were to base my views on outrageous stereotypes then I'd say that: Australia is first because, if you live in a desert, thousand