...In the book 'outliers' by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell States that there is no such thing as a self made person. That if you succeed in life it depends on who you are and where you came from. I disagree with this statement because although this may be sometimes correct, it isn't always true . there are many people who have created success for themselves and are famous now. Such as Jim Carrey and Tyler Perry. Jim Carrey grew up in a not so wealthy family. During junior high Carrey to get a job and help out his family with money. Carrey and his family was forced out of their home and had to move to Scarborough ,Where they lived in a camper Van. Not so long after Carrey dropped out of high school to get a job become a full time to stand up comedian....
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...In the book "Outliers," Malcolm Gladwell challenges the commonplace notion that people that have reached fame, fortune, or other types of great success have been born blessed with genius or brilliance. He states that "people don't rose from nothing" (Gladwell, 2098, p. 19). The author goes on to claim that "outliers," that is, individuals who achieve a level of success that is a result of that persons abnormally exceptional talent, "do owe something to parentage and patronage." Aside from talent, a variety of other factors come into play when determining who will achieve (or is more likely to achieve) success. Some of these factors are the following: inherent/natural talent, opportunities presented to the individual, how hard the individual...
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...In a world where people who are really successful are thought of as unique, ambitious, and hardworking, Malcolm Gladwell is able to argue that success comes from innate talent which is harvested through a period of practice. 10,000 hours of practice. Throughout the excerpt, Malcolm Gladwell uses various appeals to rhetoric to persuade the audience that 10,000 hours of practice is what it takes to become a professional, and be successful. A large part of Gladwell’s argument contains ethos. For example, he appeals to ethos when he cites qualified resources such as “the neurologist Daniel Levitin.” In this section ethos helps to make the information given seem more reliable and resourceful. Stating that “... researchers have settled on what they...
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...Compare/Contrast Essay: Malcolm Gladwell - “The 10,000 Hour Rule” Have you ever thought about what makes someone better than you? Is it innate talent, or is it thousands of hours of practice. Malcolm Gladwell argues that know one is just born innately gifted and through the years becomes better than everyone without practice, a lot of it. I agree with Gladwell on the point that “Achievement is talent plus preparation” (60). This is the point of view adopted by Malcolm Gladwell in his essay “The 10,000 Hour Rule” from Outliers: The Story of Success, published in 2008. However, Gladwell and I differ on his point of view about when you need to have reached your 10,000 hours. One area where Gladwell and I agree is that “Achievement is talent...
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...Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is a book written by Malcolm Gladwell. This book introduces the concept of “thin slicing”. The concept refers to how in a split second or blink of an eye people can make an unconscious and accurate assessment of someone. Using the concept of thin slicing we can determine what is really important within the first few seconds when meeting someone. Malcolm Gladwell explained that first impressions or spontaneous decisions can be just as important as decisions that are made carefully and planned out. According to Gladwell, people make better decisions with quick judgments than they do with a lot of analysis. Gladwell believes that the power of thin slicing is not just something certain gifted people can do, it is something that everyone has the ability do. Gladwell also explains that our first decisions or first impressions can be easily corrupted by our likes, dislikes, prejudices, and stereotypes. We are thin slicing all the time according to Gladwell. Throughout the book Gladwell gives us many examples and experiments that support his concept of “thin Slicing”. Some of these examples include; predicting divorce, speed dating, gambling, malpractice suits, movies, military war games, and music. One of the important things that I have learned from reading this book is how important the process of decision making can be as a leader in business. As a business leader making...
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...Critical Essay – Short Essay Option Our second mind is not as simple as it seems. Blink is a behavioral economics book written in 2005 by British-Canadian Journalist Malcolm Gladwell, focusing on our ability to ‘’Thin Slice’’. He explains through this ability we are able to determine what is truly important from a narrow experience, suggesting our spontaneous decisions are often better than the ones we consider. Using several engaging examples, he warns however that this ability of ours is challenged by personal likes, dislikes and overload of information, and is in our best interest to train our first impression to understand this reality through experience. The lack of scientific research in Blink also suggests that it is anecdotal, but Gladwell accepts this reality himself and thoroughly explains every point he makes in regards to this single flaw. Drawing scenarios that practice this rapid cognition from science, advertising, medicine and many others, he is also able to directly engage the reader’s subconscious by random screening and thought provocation. Malcolm Gladwell’s theory brings awareness to the power of our unconscious decision-making and proposes various strategies that offer a solution to its fallacy, maintaining his veracity in the research presented despite the lack of scientific method. Malcolm Gladwell’s theory brings awareness to the power of our unconscious decision-making. Decisions made quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously. A...
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...there are not any successful self-made people, which is contrary to popular beliefs. The theory is presented in the book, Outliers: The Story of Success (2008), authored by Malcolm Gladwell. The theory is further defined by the premise that holds that success is enabled by a person’s culture, environment, when and where they were born, and a strong work ethic. These theories and examples of success are analyzed using the textbook, Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills (2013) by Andrew DuBrin. Several examples are provided in this paper that illustrate and support Gladwell’s thoughts on opportunity and cultural legacy. Keywords: cultural legacy, success, leadership, Leader Member Exchange Model, in-group, out-group, cognitive factors, behaviors, task-related attitudesAn Analysis of Outliers: The Story of Success The author of the book Outliers: The Story of Success, (2008) Malcolm Gladwell, leads us through several compelling chapters of discussion regarding selected individuals who are extremely intelligent, driven, some famous and ambitious. These are the characteristics of individuals that are perceived as being the highly successful members of our society. Successful individuals are termed as “outliers”, people who fall outside the normal acumen of human experience. Gladwell (2008) maintains that the way in which success is measured is wrong. Further, he argues that people are more a product of their environment, culture, life experiences and...
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...Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers”, analyzes the traits of successful people in an incredibly unique perspective. Gladwell attempts to explain how the outliers of our society using statistical analysis , considering and explaining every confounding variable imaginable. A perfect quote from Gladwell perfectly exemplifies the overall theme on why individuals succeed or fail, “They had to look beyond the individual. They had to understand the culture he or she was a part of, who their friends and families were, and what town their families came from”. Though hindsight bias led to me believe it sounds quite logical; reading and understanding Gladwell’s message has forever changed my perspective on success in our society. The book changed my ability...
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...Outliers: The Story of Success Analysis Latasha D. McCullar Managerial Leadership MNGT 5670 Dr. Rebecca Elliott October 16, 2013 Abstract Genius is over-rated. Success is not just about innate ability. It’s combined with a number of key factors such as opportunity, meaningful hard work (10,000 hours to gain mastery), and your cultural legacy. Random factors of chance, such as when and where you were born can influence the opportunities you have. Malcom Gladwell , the author of Outliners: The Story of Success, brings alive his assertions and thesis primarily through the use of individual success stories of athletes, computer genius, musicians, artist and community cultures. Introduction Gladwell uses a straight-forward, easy-to-digest style of mixing facts with examples and anecdotes in making his point that it is not shear genius or hard work alone that results in success. Instead, the he dives deep into the story behind exceptional performance in cultures, aptitude testing trends and individual achievements around the world. Gladwell argues that the upbringing of individuals greatly impacts their likelihood to succeed, including birth dates, access to specialized resources, parenting, and community culture. Discussion Gladwell separates the book into chapters highlighting the circumstances that resulted in the creation of each "outlier" he chooses to emphasize. According to Gladwell, the vast majority of hockey stars are born in the months of...
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...Based on “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell, decisions made quickly and instantaneously can be just as effective as decisions made with careful consideration and long thought. The saga of the Getty Kouros relates to the thesis of the book because of the swift, unconscious decisions that trumped the decision that was made cautiously by examining the piece over time. Gladwell uses this example, accompanied by many to prove his thesis. In addition, he further explains why the conscientious decision that was made with such caution turned out to be so wrong. He proposes two reasons that explained why it resulted that way. Gladwell states, “That is partly because the scientific data seemed so compelling… But mostly it’s because the Getty desperately wanted...
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...Examining Globalization of Ford through the analysis of Outliers Why are some people successful, while others tend not to be? Is there some sort of pattern that can explain this phenomenon? These questions lead to a network of different answers in Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers: The Story of Success. Gladwell tries to explain that success is determined by different factors, many of which is beyond a single person's control. He does this by giving real world examples of how these factors can truly make or break a person's chance of becoming successful. By examining and analyzing these certain situations, Gladwell is trying to show how the business world can be approached from a different ethical viewpoint. The ethics behind the stories of the people in the book can be further used to look at Ford as a whole and how Ford can be improved upon using these ideas. The idea of an outlier is that it is a person whose talents and achievements have gained them notoriety and most importantly, success in the field they are focused on. With that being said, Gladwell writes about the stories of different outliers, many of whom achieved certain status by a set of circumstances. One of these examples can be explained through the idea of the 10,000 hour rule. The popular rock band The Beatles can be used to describe this rule. Gladwell (2008) explains that "By the time they had their first burst of success in 1964, in fact they performed live an estimated twelve hundred times. Do you...
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...My Rhetorical Analysis of Malcolm Gladwell's book was accredited to brilliance of the piece and my personal intuition. I also credit the paper to my sources, numerous strategies, and an excellent reflection from my peers and instructor. I conducted my research by looking into an interview in where the author explained the reason for his writing. I also looked for sources on websites that mainly publish interviews with authors speaking on their book. I first looked at the sources that had tangible meaning and this helped me sift through which one was legitimate and which one I should skip. I used MLA 8 to map out how my paper would go. I was able to set up a thesis with my instructor and that helped me guide my writing. However this was credited...
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...Malcolm Gladwell’s famous novel, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, opens up a new idea of how first impressions truly have a major impact within our minds. Gladwell is not only a well known best selling author, having all five of his books on New York times best selling list, but also a respectable journalist. Gladwell introduces his idea of “thin-slicing” through situations with both good and bad outcomes. “Thin-Slicing” is the idea that humans are able to make accurate judgments based on solely a “thin slice” of knowledge. Gladwell’s notion supports humans can make decisions with merely a blink of an eye and be accurate. These snap decisions are made unconsciously. Throughout his book, Gladwell shows that “thin-slicing” is the...
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...Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, written by Malcolm Gladwell is about first impressions and snap judgments. Gladwell has three main objectives in this book: “to convince you that “decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately,” “to learn when to listen to that powerful onboard computer and when to be wary of it,” and “to convince you that our snap judgments and first impressions can be educated and controlled.” Gladwell starts off with the story of a kouros, an ancient Greek statue that was close to being purchased by the Getty Museum in California. After 14 months of in depth research to verify the authenticity of the statue, the Getty determined that it was authentic and went ahead with the purchase. That was until one...
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...Outliers THE S T O R Y OF S U C C E S S MALCOLM G LAD W E L L # 1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink $27.99 $ 3 0 . 9 9 in C a n a d a Why d o s o m e p e o p l e succeed far more than others? T h e r e is a story that is usually told a b o u t extremely successful p e o p l e , a story that focuses o n intelligence a n d ambition. In Outliers Malcolm Gladwell a r g u e s that the true story o f s u c c e s s is very different, a n d that if we want to u n d e r s t a n d h o w s o m e p e o p l e thrive, we s h o u l d s p e n d m o r e time l o o k i n g around them — at s u c h things as their family, their birthplace, or even their birth d a t e . T h e story o f s u c c e s s is m o r e c o m p l e x — a n d a lot m o r e interesting — than it initially a p p e a r s . Outliers e x p l a i n s w h a t the B e a t l e s a n d Bill G a t e s have in c o m m o n , the e x t r a o r d i n a r y s u c c e s s o f A s i a n s at m a t h , the h i d d e n a d v a n t a g e s o f star athletes, why all t o p N e w York lawyers have the s a m e r é s u m é , a n d the r e a s o n y o u ' v e never h e a r d o f the w o r l d ' s s m a r t e s t m a n — all in terms o f g e n eration, family, c u l t u r e , a n d c l a s s . It matters w h a t year y o u were b o r n if y o u want to b e a S i l i c o n Valley billionaire, G l a d w e l l a r g u e s , a n d it matters w h e r e y o u w e r e b o r n if y o u want to b e a s u c cessful p i l o t . T...
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