From Chapter 8, "Kindness: The Art of Paying it Forward" in Ingredients of Outliers The famous French author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born into an aristocratic family in 1900. Growing up, he wasn’t a particularly good student, and at age 21 he entered military service with the French Army. After taking private flying lessons, he accepted a transfer to the French Air Force. Back in civilian life in 1926, he resumed flying and became one of the pioneers in flying international mail routes, a dangerous job in those early days of aviation. At about that same time, … [Read more...]