When it comes to success, people have their own definitions. Some people may define success as having a job that suits them and by the joy they feel when they are in and out of work. Others may define success as having a surfeit amount of money without the need to be happy at their work. In the book, outliers, Malcolm Gladwell defines success based on the careers of the well-known and rich people and he mentions that they have achieved success because they are the best at what they do. Gladwell also believes that anyone is capable of achieving success if they work hard enough and that the people who are mega-successful such as Bill Gates or Michael Jackson got where they were because of thing such as their geographic locations, their specific college experiences, the opportunities that they were presented with in high school, or even the month that they were born in. Throughout the book, I found myself …show more content…
All of my family members, including I was born in Haiti. I strongly believe that my heritage has a lot to do with how successful I have been throughout my life because my parents have been through a lot in their lives and so have my past relatives who were born In Haiti, therefore they have had a great influence on me to become successful. Although my father worked hard for what he has today, he still feels as if he did not work hard enough because if he did, he would have been in a better position than he is today. My mom went to college in Haiti for all 2 years and graduated, but never attended the extra 2 years that she wanted to attend because of obstacles that got in the way. Both of my parents have talked to me and told me that “if you’re willing to work hard, it does have its rewards”. Looking at my mom and dad’s situation from a Gladwellian lens showed me that hard work is exactly what I needed to achieve my goal in attending college and to become a better track and field
In Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, the narrator attempts to change the reader’s perspective in life and tries to make them wonder the reasons for situations, events, and why things happen. In his book, Gladwell explains that it is not only talent that ensures success, but that timing and luck play a part as well. He says that “researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.” He also says that most of an individual’s success is determined by factors out of their control, as shown by Bill Gates’ becoming a computer genius and making billions. Gladwell believes this happened not because of Gate’s extraordinary talents and skill, but “because he was one of the only teenagers in America who attended a high school with a computer club, where he could put in these thousand hours.”
Success Is a Process: Why Gladwell’s Position in “Outliers” is Valid Being unique is hard, but standing out may be worth the effort. Malcolm Gladwell’s non-fiction book, “Outliers” attempts to identify common threads that exist between successful people who might be characterized as outliers. The term “outlier” in science refers to a situation in which a number might not match up with other numbers in a set of data.
Malcolm Gladwell, in his national bestseller, Outliers the Story of Success, attempts to redefine the age old formula of success. Gladwell argues that, “there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success” (Gladwell 18). While avoiding clichés, Outliers successfully redefines the pseudoscience of success into stone cold reality. Gladwell champions his argument by introducing and breaking down his ideas meaningful counterarguments.
Summarizing: Gladwell starts part two of Outliers with chapter six, Harlan Kentucky, a culture of honor and personal pride is earned and cannot be tampered with. This occurred do to a society of herdsmen, the Scotch-Irish, a ferocious group. , In order for their animals not to be stolen from their herds people had to act aggressively. Gladwell shows a study done in in the University of Michigan which proves how southerners tend to be more on the defensive side then the northerners when being insulted by others. The authors point was to show how there are cultural legacies that span over generations and last through commercial, societal, and demographical change.
Outliers is the “story of success.” This highly acclaimed book, by Malcolm Gladwell, discusses a wide variety of success stories and what factors played into those achievements. Although Gladwell states scientific research, he uses a journalistic approach to convey his concepts. This approach attempts using convincing words and phrases to draw in the reader. The book is called Outliers, since Gladwell is describing the outliers in life who excel and become successful.
The Author and His Times - Malcom Timothy Gladwell was born on September 3, 1963 in Fareham, Hampshire. Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996 and has written four other books besides Outliers which all were put on The New York Times Best Seller list. Gladwell has stated before that his mother is his inspiration as a writer. Gladwell moved to Elmira, Ontario at the age of six from Southampton and would later go to Ontario High School in Kingston, Ontario for high school, and would graduate with a major in History from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, Toronto, in 1984. Gladwell identifies himself as a Christian, his family would attend Above Bar Church in Southampton, UK, and would later attend Gale Presbyterian
Success: Belief vs. Reality Many people in the U.S. assume that as long as they work tirelessly and strive towards their goal they will achieve it because they were told to have that attitude while growing up. Malcolm Gladwell thinks otherwise. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a book that spreads the truth upon success and explains the different variables that can exponentially affect one’s career, and their future decisions. Gladwell touches on the conversation of whether the age of children really matters when enrolling them into school, stating that the older the child is the more likely they will be given greater opportunities.
Jim Rohn, a motivational speaker, once said, “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” Malcolm Gladwell’s, Outliers, published in 2008, argues what it means to be successful, and how one can become successful. Gladwell specifically mentions the “10,000 Hour Rule” which states that anyone who wants to reach a definite level of mastery must perform 10,000 hours of practice. Some believe this rule to be invalid as those born talented, are also born successful. Though I recognize that some are born naturally gifted, I still contend that one who wants to become great at what they do, must do supplementary amounts of practicing as it utilizes one’s potential to the fullest as Gladwell argues.
Outliers: The Story of Success Review There were many things I could agree or disagree with Malcolm Gladwell in his work, and I want to hit them piece by piece. First I want to start off by making a simple agreement to his main point or theory that there is a combination to success which consist mostly of where you come from, and the amount of work you put into something. Two simple quotes that explain his theory "Practice isn 't the thing you do once you 're good. It 's the thing you do that makes you good" and "Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying".
In Malcolm Gladwell's story Outliers, he included a key theme to success which he titled the "10,000-hour rule" to which it is essential for an individual (such as musical artists, composers, professional athletes etc.) to achieve about 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to reach their peak of mastering a skill (Gladwell). Through his writing style, it is obvious that he believes his theme is very efficient in determining one's fate in their profession, Gladwell uses situations where this theme was seen accurately used, his main examples being The Beatles reaching their mark in history by surpassing the 10,000 hours practice and Bill Gates, the richest man in the world who mastered computer programming by also exceeding the needed amount of time which certified himself mastering computer program and ensuring his foothold toward his success. Malcolm Gladwell has done many interviews, one being with CNN's Anderson Cooper to spread and justify his idea to a variety of audiences for those to find a key factor that will help them master their needed skill but instead he is unintentionally fooling the public in all fields into
Argumentative Essay What if the phrase “practice makes perfect” wasn’t actually true? Malcolm Gladwell claims that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to perfect a skill, however, some people are starting to believe that may not be the case. “Your Genes Don’t Fit. Why 10,000 Hours of Practice, Won’t Make You an Expert”, argues that mastering a skill requires innate abilities along with practice.
Outliers: The Story of Success Writing about Reading Defense of Passages In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell challenges those who assume hard work is the only path to success. “It is not the brightest who succeed. Nor is success simply the sum of decisions and efforts we make on our behalf.” Gladwell states that success can happen through a series of different factors.
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Outliers, did not change my opinions because I believe that math is an endurance test. Gladwell (2008) says “[y]ou master mathematics if you are willing to try” which accurately sums up both his opinions and mine(p. 246). However, it was very interesting to hear the statistics behind the mathematic ability of countries. Gladwell also uses the chapter, “Rice Paddies and Math Tests”, to reinforce his earlier argument for the 10,000 hour rule. Gladwell discusses the amount of time and concentration that rice farmers in asia have to dedicate to their rice paddies in order to make a profit.
Being successful is not the result of having a lot of money. In order to be happy, being successful in your heart will make you successful in the outer world—to appreciate what you have because not everybody has
Success all depends on what you think it means. Everyone has their ideas and beliefs, but nobody is ever really wrong. You might say “no that’s not what it means,” but they could say the same to you. I’m here to discuss more about what success means. “Success is having a really good job that makes a lot of money,” is what a lot of people would say, but what if you don’t like the job.