Preface

Once, I read a book called The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. In this book, the author talks about the circumstances that lead people to get certain results in their areas of expertise, whatever they may be—music, sports, math, physics, and so on. The key aim of the author is to assert, based on facts and data, that there aren't people with extraordinary qualities, but the result depends on the effort, time, and energy devoted to that activity. The opportunity to stand out comes when we are in the right place at the right time. There is a popular saying, "Luck is what happens when capacity/competency and opportunity meet." I think Alexei Vladishev was lucky.

When I met Alexei in 2008, I was surprised by his simplicity and mild nature at ...

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