David Epstein

The question people have been asking forever is; How much of what happens in our lives do we actually control? Two articles try to respond to this puzzling question, “The Sports Gene” and “The Outliers”. “The Sports Gene” by David Epstein is about a high school student named Donald Thomas trying high jump for the first time, and eventually becomes the world champion. “The Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell is about studies and experiments proving that hours of practice lead to success. Of the two articles

high-profile money shuffling scandals, including Reggie Bush, Cam Newton, Jim Tressel at Ohio State, and the University of Miami. David Epstein explains why and how athletes look bigger, faster, and stronger by not only doping, but the advances in the technology of playing fields in his TED talk video, “Are athletes getting better, faster, stronger?” Behar, Guip, Branch, and Epstein all question whether the integrity of sports is being kept. Athletes, coaches, and management have failed to maintain the integrity

has and will always have different outlooks on this question that can’t possibly be proven, we can solely try to persuade and convince each other otherwise.For example two authors had two different viewpoints on this controversial question.David Epstein, author of The Sports Gene, argues that physical ability formed at birth out ways hard work and success achieved through years of practice.The opposing author William Ernest Henley wrote a poem called Invictus that is strong and powerful to anyone

"The Sports Gene" by David Epstein takes on the debate of nature versus nurture by using a Donald Thomas a new high jump who is already good and Carlos Mattis who practice all his life just to be good. The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell uses the augment of 10,000-hour rule and preparation by basing his research at the Elite Academy of Music in Berlin. Control means "the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events." "The Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell makes a more convincing

written by David Epstein, supports the argument that natural ability controls our lives. Malcolm Butler, author of Outliers: The Story of Success, argues that preparation and work ethic are more important than innate talent. With great examples and reasoning, Butler builds a more convincing argument by presenting evidence and reasoning from the text, making Butlers position better for answering the question How much of what happens in our lives do we control? In the Sports Gene, by David Epstein, describes

In the article “The sports Gene” Written by David Epstein published by the penguin group talks is about how an individual’s athletic success is depended on your genes. How much of what happens in our lives do we actually control? In our lives we can’t control everything that happens because things happen in our lives. According to the sports Gene article the athlete Holms is a 7 foot high jumper in a track and field event. Epstein discusses how genes give you the success in sports. But in

take a certain path, or does she have free will to choose a different path? Based on the nonfiction works The Sports Gene, written by David Epstein, and “Losing Control,” a person’s fate is the result of choices that that person or people in the close vicinity of that person have made. In “Losing Control,” prior research or preparation affects one’s fate. David Epstein said in The Sports GeneI that people have the ability to direct their fate if they have enough determination. Both these works provide

Gene, David Epstein describes how a friendly bet between two people on high jumping, but later leads to how the genetic makeup decides whether you are destined to do good or not. First, Epstein introduces Donald Thomas, who seems to be a "natural" at high jumping, and wins many championships, even though he had only trained for 8 months (Epstein 6). Epstein then transports his story to the 2007 World Championship, where Thomas competed against Olympic medalists, such as Stefan Holm (Epstein 6). As

How much of what happens in our lives do we actually control? This is a question that mankind has been pondering for thousands of years. There are two different articles that could answer the question. David Epstein, the author of “The Sports Gene”, writes about a true story of fate, in which an amateur high jumper makes it to the top due to his god-given gift of a large Achille’s tendon. Malcom Gladwell argues in his piece, “Outliers,” that success depends on one’s willingness to practice or

hand in order to achieve one's goals. In the excerpts “The Sports Gene” and “The Outliers” by David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell, the authors share and express their very different opinions about the road to success. Both with strong opinions, Gladwell provides a stronger and more effective case, while Epstein provides only one or two examples of logos. In the excerpt “The Sports Gene” by David Epstein, the author expresses how an athlete can become a world champion, even after training for only