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History has it that the underdogs of our society are ought to win due to their disadvantages. In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell (the author of Blink and Outliers) explores why the disadvantaged misfits were able to win their greatest opposing giants. Gladwell initiates his discovery with the Biblical story of David, an Israeli shepherd boy, who killed Goliath with a slingshot. He explains how the chances of the underdogs increase when they fight unconventionally. In our society, our advantages

What is Success? Wealth And Support? Or Opportunity And Talent? Every author is different than one another. Some write fiction, some write non-fiction. Others like to argue and introduce their theories and ideologies to the world. But all authors have one thing in common: each writer has a main point, or main idea, to get across the papers and into our heads. Whether it is a short story, chapter book, article, or even a paragraph written down. Every word

The sound of a q-siren has been my favorite noise ever since I can remember. My dream of becoming a firefighter came true in 2005 when I was hired at the Bloomington, MN Fire Department. Over the last 11 years, I have attended multiple classes which include Emergency Medical Technician, Fire Equipment Operator and Hazardous Materials Technician. None of these extra classes focused on managerial development but in 2015, after an intense hiring process, I was promoted to the position of Captain. In

Outliers final reflection Malcolm Gladwell, through his work in Outliers, writes about extremely successful individuals, “Outliers” and focuses on success and failure. His main argument is that success is a mix of many different factors. It needs a look at what influences and plays a role in why individuals or groups of people thrive or fail. Gladwell collectively builds his argument through the examination of “success stories” in which self-made individuals have overcame great odds and have succeeded

In the Book Outliers, It introduces the different opportunities a person has depends on the month they become born. It goes on to give examples of Hockey players, However, that was not the main point. Reading on, He describes about the 10000 practice hours. “One can become successful by putting 10000 hours in an activity one is interested in”, meaning people need both time and practice in a thing to be successful in. That's what I understood through the reading, which reminds me in the Article about

“The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination” is a commencement speech that J.K. Rowling wrote and addressed to the Harvard University graduates, class of 2008. The key elements she focused on were “benefits of failure” and the “importance of imagination.” The main idea of the speech was to help prepare the graduates in the real world by using her personal experiences for them to relate to. The emphasis was placed on failure and imagination are two important tools to have through

Success has several definitions and differs for each person. However, In Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers”, Gladwell prattles about Lewis Terman, a young professor at Stanford University during the First World War who conducted a special experiment that who charted some people from childhood into adulthood. After scanning through the results, Gladwell concludes that socioeconomic status and class as a good indicator whether an individual was destined for the higher or lower group. However, Gladwell’s

In the Outliers: The Story of Success written by Malcolm Gladwell, one main idea introduced is that the success of an individual generates from the ‘10,000-hour rule’. Gladwell comments, “researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.” (40) The idea behind it is simple. Any person who wants to succeed must devote ten thousand hours of practice to what they want to achieve. Gladwell also suggests that instead of viewing a person by their

Eric Pulier is an entrepreneur that has attained great success in several industries. Some claim that he holds the title of Jack of All Trades and Master of Many. He is an entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. This American entrepreneur and Harvard Graduate is a true success story. Pulier has a very interesting background that foretold his successful future. He was born in Los Angeles, California, However, he was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. His love for computers begin in elementary school

According to Gladwell, “The outlier, in the end, is not an outlier at all” (Gladwell 285). Successful people such as Bill Gates, the Beatles, and Joe Flom are considered Outliers because they have achieved outstanding prosperity and fame. According to the traditional concept of success, they rose to the top against all odds because they were more talented than their competitors. The notion that innate talent is the root of success, however, is a fallacy. All outliers have had help getting to the