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The speaker of this book is Malcolm Gladwell himself, and he spends a lot of time talking about success by referencing different examples. Gladwell uses multiple writing styles to tell stories of successes in society. The multiple views that Gladwell makes use of create understanding of environmental success through a number of examples. One example of this method is demonstrated in the first chapter, when Gladwell narrates the success story behind the Canadian hockey team. This team rose to the

Being successful in life is not always easy, because of different ways that success can be achieved. With many theories out there on success, it is hard to figure out what is needed to be done to gain success. In everyone’s lives there are many different beliefs out there that can lead to it. In the book “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell, there are numerous theories that are covered with examples of successful people. They clearly show how success can be done in not just one way but in many others.

Wendy Villalpando Professor Dobyns English 100- CRN#10915 01 December 2015 Luck VS. Success There may be no topic that more easily divides two set of people more than when they talk about success and luck. Some of them find it easy to associate success with luck rather than hard work and talent. Many conservatives would be the one to celebrate success as an almost imminent result of talent, effort, and hard work. Liberals, on the other hand, believe that even when people who work hard and are

Malcolm Gladwell wrote the book titled Outliers to show the world how unique people got their start and all of the factors and obstacles it takes to succeed in life. Every chapter of this book contains a different success story. At the beginning of each new section, Malcolm describes where each story is taking place and who will be involved. An example of this unique imagery includes the start of the chapter titled, “The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes,” when Malcolm Gladwell described the setting

Blake Standring – Outliers Analysis Through a series of different tests, Gladwell concludes that we have all too easily bought into the myth that successful people are self-made. He says people “are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot.” Gladwell explains an outlier as a person “who doesn 't fit into our normal understanding of achievement.”

n this psychological non-fiction book, Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, he explains several different strategies and methods to achieve success. He is a firm believer in potential and opportunities; and that making the most of those opportunities is what ensures results. He focuses on time and opportunity as being significant in realizing potential, and believes in the motto “practice makes perfect” and refers to the “10,000-Hr Rule," in ensuring mastery of a skill. Gladwell

In the number one national bestseller, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell presents what he considers to be “the formula to success.” In contrast to his theories of success, Ms. Michiko Kakutani calls his book clumsy and weak and claims it doesn’t present an idea of success that appeals to everyone. I agree with Michiko Kakutani; her statements seemed very accurate, strong, and detailed. Malcolm Gladwell’s book was chock-full of generalizations that were made based on one particular group or person. She points

There are numerous flaws in the concept that a person’s culture, family, generation, and upbringing are more accurate determinants of success when compared to that persons traits such as personality, ambition, and intelligence. While circumstances being conducive to their needs helps, anyone with enough determination can rise above obstacles and become an outlier. Arguments against this, often have faults. There are many clear examples of driven, brilliant people, of all backgrounds, reaching great

Growing up in a world where fake news and irrational arguments can be considered a daily occurrence, one could read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell with a skeptical eye. Readers may try to pick out details that have been used as gimmicks to hook readers into buying it. However, once readers move past these thoughts, they can find that the ideology that Gladwell uses to describe what makes a person successful to be reasonable and worthwhile. He states in his introduction, “They had to appreciate the

In the dictionary, conformity is defined as “compliance with standards, rules, or laws.”. The reason I believe that conformity is a common element in both Emerson’s Self-Reliance and Gladwell’s Outliers is because in Self-Reliance, Emerson believed that to be self-reliant, you must avoid conformity. Gladwell agrees with this in chapter 8 of Outliers, where he states that we tend to conform to rules based off of where we are from and