After reading the introduction to the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, I was struck by some interesting information and noticed elements of 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 Roseto residents never died of heart disease or other illnesses because of the way their community developed. The information was very intriguing. In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell states, “For men over sixty-five, the death rate from disease in Roseto 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 better explained. 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). Reading this, I was flabbergasted. How does the way we live have anything to do with our health? This struck me because I never linked lifestyle to health. After reading the introduction, the information taught me that the way one lives affects a person's health and lifespan. After reading the introduction, some information seemed relevant to my life. Malcolm Gladwell exclaimed, “They watched how the Rosetans visited each other, stopping to chat in Italian in the street, for example, or cooking for each other in their gardens” (Gladwell 9). This is relevant in my life as I grew up in a very conservative and close-knit family. Like the citizens of Roseto, I live differently from normal teenagers... middle of paper... America's highest-schoolers” (Gladwell 82). It was shocking to learn that not all Nobel Prize winners in medicine came from the most prestigious schools. Additionally, in the third chapter, I noticed some aspects that really concerned me. My life is connected 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 the highest 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 some striking information that IQ does not always determine who will succeed, 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. Outliers: the success story. 1st ed. New York: Little, Brown and company, 2008. 1-91. Print.