Malcolm Gladwell

Many people think that success comes from luck and family support. I agree with this because being successful is something that doesn’t occur often. Also, most people that are successful need their parents and also other parents to help support their programs and keep them running. Being lucky is something that most people don’t just get. Luck can really help a person succeed in life like guessing all the questions right on a really important exam like an ACT or an SAT. Being adopted by a rich

In The Matthew Effect, Gladwell researches the birth dates of hockey players, he describes the structure for the system in Canadian hockey leagues, and he specifically mentions the date of birth these elite performers fall into. The majority of them are born in the beginning of the year, those born closer to the cutoff date are chosen and seen as the most talented. Ordinarily, the structure of the system has perceived talent that way. Gladwell imposed the idea of how we make sense of success and

How Much Control do we Have? The question of whether humans having control over their decisions has been tossed around for a long time. However, after reading the stories and gathering my knowledge, Jon Krakaurer does a great job by proving how every human, no matter their background, has their own amount of control on the outcome, but some people have more control than others because of the situation that they're in. Therefore, Jon Krakaurer best answers the question of How much of what happens

Self of Ruminations Essay Advantages I have advantages in my life that help me to climb the ladder to success. They have shaped me into who I am today. My advantages have blessed me abundantly. They have opened me to many opportunities and have granted me with great academic achievement. A big advantage of mine is my analytical intelligence. Analytical intelligence is the ability to solve and perform academic tasks. My analytical intelligence has allowed me to perform so well academically. It has

Society’s definition of success is a negative influence on students. This is not to say that obtaining “success” itself means badly. Rather, it is what society perceives success to be that makes it detrimental. By inherently putting the focus on “success”, man is essentially putting himself on the road of self-destruction and sabotaging his self-identity. In fact, success is a word that should not exist. It is a reflection of man’s over-egoistical need to better than others, and will ultimately lead

must have some initial talent or intelligence and then work, work and work in order to succeed. This concept is brought up in Gladwell’s Outliers as the 10000 hour rule. However, we see that Gladwell brings up again and again the notion that opportunities are a key element to success. In Chapters 3 and 4, Gladwell shows that this also applies to those who, by sheer talent and intelligence, are already outliers: geniuses. Gladwell’s purpose in writing “The Trouble with Geniuses” is to further explain

The sky's the limit. Posters in elementary and high school have written all over their walls to encourage children to work hard.Teachers and parents tell children that everything is possible if they just dream hard enough. As children start growing older, parents and teachers use more sophisticated words to reinforce the idea that hard work and effort lead to success. Even the saying the sky’s the limit, confines children into this box of unfulfilled dreams and bitterness. In Gladwell’s Outliers

Kamrie Martin Mrs. Miller English 12 12 September 2016 Influential Minds “If you want to be successful, here’s the thing you have to do. You have to jump. There is no way around it; You have to jump. Every successful person, has jumped. You got to jump-You gotta take a leap of faith-You got to dash off that cliff. You gotta jump out there as far as you can. Now, a lot of times you’re staying there on the cliff of life, and you see other people soaring by; gliding down like a bird flying through

Determination is not the key to success, but actually, it's talent, skill, support, and sometimes even good luck. According to the article provided, famous author J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, had her first book rejected twelve times with different publishers, but finally one publisher said yes. Rowling's team of editors and designers enhanced the book and got it published, Rowling again didn't do it alone, as for many cases in history teamwork led to many businesses, products

Gladwell makes some decent points about success and opportunity, but he doesn’t include women in his research, doesn’t focus on other minority and culture groups, uses data that is far from recent. He also only looks at success as money. In Michiko Kakutani’s article, she says that Gladwell uses research that isn’t representative and outdated. Michiko also talks about how Gladwell’s information is mostly based on ideas and opinions. He tries to restate an obvious thing and make it seem like more