After reading the introduction in the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, I was struck by some interesting information and noticed things within the introduction that were relevant to my life . In the introduction, Gladwell basically gave a summary of a town called Roseto. He went on to explain that the people who lived in Roseto never died of heart disease or other illnesses because of the way their community grew up. The information was very intriguing. In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell states, “For men over sixty-five, the death rate from disease in Rose Garden was about half that of the United States as a whole” (Gladwell 7). This information in the book was very shocking to me. How could this be possible? I continued reading and the shocking statement was explained better. As the introduction continued, Malcolm Galdwell said, “The Rosetans were healthy because of where they came from, because of the world they had created for themselves in their little town in the hills” (Gladwell 9). When I read this, I was amazed. How does the way you live have anything to do with your health? It struck me because I had never linked lifestyle to health. After reading the introduction, the information taught me that how you live determines what your health and lifespan may be like. After reading the introduction, some information seemed relevant to my life. Malcolm Gladwell exclaimed, “They watched as Rosetans visited each other, stopping to chat in Italian on the street, for example, or cooking for each other in their backyards” (Gladwell 9). This is relevant to my life because I grew up in a very conservative and close-knit family. Like the citizens of Roseto, I live differently than ordinary teenagers…middle of paper…the high school students of America” (Gladwell 82). It was shocking to learn that all the Nobel Prize winners in medicine did not all come from the most prestigious schools. Furthermore, in the third chapter I notice some aspects that really identified with me. My Life relates to the topics included in chapter three because I am a student. It is interesting and useful to learn that you do not need to have a high IQ to be successful in today's world. This is how I relate to chapter three. The third chapter of Outlier by Malcolm Gladwell contained surprising information stating that IQ does not always determine who will be successful, and I can relate to the information in the chapter because I am a student who has already thought about my IQ. Works Cited Gladwell, Malcolm. Outlier: the success story. 1st ed. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008. 1-91. Press.