Ingredients of Young Outliers:
Achieving Your Most Amazing Future
Series: Ingredients of Young
Outliers
Trade Paperback/ Hardcover/
eBook
164 pages
6 x 9 inches
Trade Paperback: $14.95
Hardcover:
$24.95
E-book: $4.99
Publisher: Outliers Publishing
Publication Date: March 2014
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-940288-04-8
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-940288-05-5
Electronic ISBN: 978-1-940288-06-2
Author: John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA
Outlier: An individual whose exceptional attitude, ambition, and
accomplishments cause them to stand out from their peers.
They always have been with us and continue to walk among us. Some rise to fame like
Wilma Rudolph, Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. William Osler, Grandma Moses, Fred Astaire, Dr.
Seuss, David Lee Roth, Ray Kroc, Captain “Sully” Sullenberg, and Jeff Bezos. Others
accomplish their feats outside the spotlight of fame, touching thousands of lives along the
way.
How does a student become a standout in a sea of others with similar qualifications? What
traits contribute to a young person’s success? In Ingredients of Young Outliers: Achieving
Your Most Amazing Future, author John Shufeldt explores the traits of extraordinary
individuals identified over nearly three decades of his professional career. While guiding
young readers through these characteristics, he inspires them to step outside of their
comfort zones and join the ranks of the outliers.
If you or a young adult you know a aspire to be an outlier, live with one, work with one, or
are mentoring one, this is your go-to book for insight into those special fifteen
characteristics that outliers encompass. Shufeldt’s tips and techniques inspire readers of all
ages and aspirations to step out of their comfort zone and into the extraordinary world of
outliers.
About the Author
John Shufeldt is a serial student, an indefatigable
change agent and a multidisciplinary entrepreneur
who has studied the traits and qualities of
extraordinary individuals for over three decades.
John received his BA from Drake University in 1982
and his MD from the University of Health Sciences/
The Chicago Medical School in 1986. He completed his
Emergency Medicine Residency at Christ Hospital and
Medical Center in 1989 where he spent his final year as
Chief Resident. John received his MBA in 1995, and his Juris Doctorate in 2005, both
from Arizona State University. He is admitted to the State Bar in Arizona, the
Federal District Court and Supreme Court of the United States.
He founded numerous health and non-health care businesses and continues to
practice emergency medicine and law. He writes and lectures on a variety of subject
matters to graduate medical, business and law students, businesses, entrepreneurs,
and professional associations. He is an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day
O’Connor College of Law where he teaches a clinic on Health Law Entrepreneurism.
He serves on the Drake University Board of Trustees and the Sandra Day O’Conner
College of Law Alumni Board.
To learn more about John and his work, visit www.ingredientsofoutliers.com.
https://www.facebook.com/ingredientsofoutliers
@JohnShufeldt
John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP
Praise for Ingredients of Young Outliers
“Special thanks to Dr. Shufeldt for inspiring and enabling our youth to leave a
wonderful footprint on this earth. Dr. Shufeldt’s wisdom may enable our children to
grow up to be amazing influential people who help make the world a better place for
future generations.”
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Brenda Rico, Fifth Grade Teacher
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“Ingredients of Young Outliers empowers young people with the tools to create
positive possibilities in every aspect of their lives. I highly recommend this book to
all teachers, parents and school districts to use this book as an opportunity to create
an “exhilarated learning” environment which is so critical to student success."
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Barbara Duncan, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer at Edu-Prize School
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“Ingredients of Young Outliers, by John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA is filled with
cornerstone virtues of courage, hope, humility, respect, integrity, trust and love. It shares
the importance of how “mentors” can make a life changing difference in someone’s life. I
am certain that everyone who reads these stories will hold their heads up a little higher,
their smile will be a little brighter, their tears will be tears of joy and they will believe
that they too have what it takes to be an outlier”.
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Mary Vallelonga, Founder and Instructor, Little Friends Montessori
Schoolhouse
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Sample Interview Questions
1. How do you define an outlier?
2. What inspired you to write a book about student outliers?
3. If you could tell a teenaged version of yourself anything, what would it be?
4. You did not have a mentor growing up. What affect did that have on you?
5. If a kid is teased, bullied or unpopular, does this have any effect on their
future as an outlier?
6. How easy are outliers to identify? Can you recognize them before they leave
their mark? Perhaps when they are in elementary or high school?
7. Do you think individuals who are outliers recognize themselves as such, or
recognize they have the potential to be an outlier?
8. What would you tell a student who is struggling with their grades?
9. You list 15 characteristics of outliers. Some would be expected – persistence,
communication, enthusiasm. But talk a moment about the ones that readers
might not expect to find, like humility and kindness.
10. Failure is another attribute of outliers. You mention that you failed a lot in
life? What have been some of your failures and how did they affect you?
11. You include humor in your book. What role does humor play for outliers?
12. You include many real-life stories of outliers, some famous, some not. Share
one of your favorite stories.
13. Who should read this book?
14. What are your plans for future books?