...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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...Summarizing Malcolm Gladwell introduces a small Italian village of Roseto in the first chapter of his book Outliers. By the end of the 19th century many the Rosetans have relocated to the USA, where they established a new town of Roseto in Pennsylvania. According to Gladwell, the Rosetans lived in an isolated community, rarely communicated with the neighboring English and German towns, and did not draw much attention. However, everything changed when doctor Stewart Wolf became interested in this small Italian town. He has discovered that heart related diseases are very uncommon among the Rosetans, making them an outlier from an average tendency. Gladwell highlights that Wolf struggled to find a viable explanation to this phenomenon. Nevertheless,...
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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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...I was first introduced to the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, I viewed it as yet another piece of homework. Like any other assigned reading, I thought skimming the pages and developing a general understanding of each chapter would cut it; I was wrong. It did not take long to realize that Gladwell’s compelling pieces of work were investigating something that I personally had never put any extra thought into: the root causes of success. Prior to reading Outliers, I had foreseen success as something which occurred only under the circumstances of a lucky break, but as Gladwell stated: “Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities” (155). Through analyzing the evidence and...
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...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 novel Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell discusses several key aspects throughout the book that contribute to people becoming successful. Mostly, Gladwell argues that "hidden advantages", "extraordinary opportunities", and "cultural legacies" are the main factors that play a part in a person's level of success. So, due to these particular aspects that help make a person a success, not everyone is capable of becoming an outlier. People must have certain things working for them in order to become successful. A person must have "hidden advantages" working for them. They must have "extraordinary opportunities" that they are able to take. Furthermore, certain cultures have traits that are important in becoming successful, so a person's "cultural legacies" play a large part in the journey to success. In Outliers, Gladwell provides numerous examples of these key aspects being a part of a successful person's life, but are they actually true for every person that is an outlier?...
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...Introduction: Many people wonder when they encounter math geeks, music prodigies and academic geniuses. “They must’ve been born as geniuses. I hope I was born as smart and talented”. Students especially feel extremely discouraged when they have a genius in class. From beginning, students develop an instinct that being a prodigy requires not practice, but superior DNA. However, an author of the “Outliers” has surprising news for the pre-talented people. Until 2008, when the “Outliers” was released, no one was able to prove a way to become a world-class/prodigy at any field, with plausible solutions. Many people were willing to test out this method if it was legitimate. In this report, we will be exploring a controversial and debatable rule called the “10,000 Hour Rule”, initially proposed by a well-known author of the “Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell (Based on the philosophy of psychologist K. Anders Ericsson). He states “The key to achieving mastery level at any skill only requires only one action. 10,000 hours of practice specifically aimed to achieve that specific goal.” I will be providing a short summary of this book, alongside the mathematics behind this rule and conflicting ideas against this rule. Neutral Summary:...
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...In the book “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell, the author believed time, place, opportunity, culture legacy, communication, and hard work are the key to success. He gave a lot of people's examples that provide the information on how people are successful in life. People have to exchange something in order to get their achievement. Gladwell was wrong to concluded that early birthdays and the airplane crash of Korean Air Boeing 707 effect people on their way to success. First, Malcolm Gladwell was fail to convince that the early birthday has an effect on people's success. I am strongly disagreeing with him at this point. Based on what I see in real life, a child who born late in the year might losing behind in physical at first, but they are still...
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...hard and being at the right place at the right time. In chapter two, of the novel Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, the author is correct in arguing that success is determined by the ten thousand hour rule. Gladwell’s argument he is trying to make in chapter two is that a person need to practice something for the ten thousand...
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...In Chapter 3 of Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Outliers,” the author states “We know where analytical intelligence comes from. ”It’s something at least in part; that’s in your genes.” (pg 101) Now, in Chapter 8, Gladwell is taking a different approach. According to Gladwell, Asian students are fortunate for their success in math due to working in the rice fields, making them hard workers. Despite this, I am sure that numerous people who labored in the rice fields who are not great in math, proving working in the rice fields for long hours does not form intelligence. Usually, analytical skills are related to the parental involvement of being vested in their child's education. Asian parents, as well as parents of other youth, were brought up...
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...Outliers is Malcolm Gladwell's examination of what makes some people more successful than others. These "outliers," as he calls them, are commonly thought to possess talent and intelligence far above that of the average person. He mentions in the beginning of the book that people who are born in the beginning of the years, have a better advantage and has an extra boost of knowledge then those who are born in the later months of the year because the people born in the front of the year has a LOT of extra time to gain knowledge and grow stronger and bigger. But Gladwell challenges this popular belief by looking at more detail of some outsanding outliers. There are five main points in this book for success: 1. When you're born, 2. Timing. 3. Upbringing (how the child was raised). 4. 10,000 hours – it typically takes that amount of time to ‘master’ something. 5. Meaningful work (working hard. Having passion)....
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...In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, Gladwell invalidates the rather common conception that those who are successful rise from nothing through pure hard work. He does this by introducing the Matthew Effect as part of his argument. The Matthew Effect can be described as a circumstance in which those who are already at the top, continue to be given opportunities, which later causes them to “rise above,” or simply be more at an advantage than others. Gladwell also gives examples where this phenomenon is present, from sports to the school system. In the classroom, there is always that notion that those who are high performers should be given more advanced work to be able to keep the student aware and not fall behind. At a young age, I was that student being given extra work. I was always the child to get near impeccable grades. Teachers would notice and grant me with certain opportunities they did not give other children. This of course, only made me a stronger student. The Matthew Effect concept applies to me in the way that I have been given more...
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...In the book Outliers: A Success Story, chapter one, “The Matthew Effect”, by Malcolm Gladwell, the author argues that competence and persistence are both aspects of success — along with being born on certain date. In the beginning of Gladwell’s excerpt he illustrates a hockey championship between the two finest teams, The Tigers and the Giants. The two teams compete with one another for the victory. After the game reporters rush the locker room to interview the players. The Giant’s coach makes a statement on how all the players worked hard. From even before kindergarten Canadian boys are playing hockey to slowly climb the ranks. As long as you remained dedicated you were guaranteed a spot of success. Gladwell continues that success in hockey...
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...Some people say that it is wonderful to have a genius mind because you can learn any things rapid by yourself, you are able to solve problems quickly and nothing is hard or difficult for you. Since you have a genius mind and there are no obstacles in front of you, you might have thought that it is easier for you to succeed or reach some significant achievements. However is that absolutely right? From the book Outliers, The story of success written by Malcolm Gladwell and my experiences, having a creative mind is better than having a genius mind. First of all, people who have a creative mind can always have new ideas. Some people might ask, what are the benefits with it? With those new ideas they can invent new things which makes their life and other people's life easier. One of my friends who does not like to study and definitely does not have a genius mind once...
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...evidence of advantages such as birthday, family background, and small windows of opportunity. Malcolm Gladwell's first advantage successful people have could be their birthday. This fact is obvious when comparing professional athletes. The most obvious example is in Canadian hockey Malcolm Gladwell's first advantage successful people have could be their birthday. This fact is obvious when comparing professional athletes. The most obvious example is in Canadian hockey where some children are pushed above others unfairly with their hidden advantage that is their birthday. This correlates with success because it sets where they will be in terms of their team and the sports cut off dates. Malcolm Gladwell's second advantage successful people have is their family background. In the epilogue of outliers, Gladwell describes his ancestors lives and all of the advantages brought to him by those successes. He also points out that in New York many years ago, Italian people had an ancestral advantage of sewing skills that help them thrive in their new country. Gladwell will states, " Who we are cannot be separated from where we are from." This is very true also in terms of culture...
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