Malcolm Gladwell

really by themselves? Here is what Malcolm Gladwell thinks about success. In his book outliers: The story of success, Gladwell talks about the different tactics of success and discusses about the rules for being successful. Gladwell probes the lives of the great unwashed people, who are phenomenally more successful than others. These people are known to possess talent and intelligence, with the aim of finding out what qualities make them stand out from the crowd, Gladwell challenges our usual assumptions

to a book I read, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, that discusses all of the factors such as statistical birth dates and opportunities, that come together to make the person or people that stand apart from everyone else, an outlier (“This is a book about… men and women who things that are out of the ordinary”(17)). Through a statistical structure, persuasive style, and a false authority appeal the author constructs his argument of what really makes an outlier. Gladwell describes one of the factors that

society into believing that it involves only luck and hard work. Although these two factors do play a role, there are several other major aspects that are necessary to achieve success. This idea is explored in the nonfiction novel Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, which explains the many factors at work in the typical success stories. Despite the fact that I have not yet completed the book, I’ve read enough to organize my thoughts as well as comprehend the rhetorical situation/strategies. To start off

than someone who has the natural ability and doesn’t try. However, skill doesn’t always equal success. As Malcolm Gladwell states in his book The Outliers, luck plays a large role in the ability to obtain the 10,000 hours required to become an expert in a subject. However, many studies and even the researchers of the 10,000 hour study have rejected the rule outright. I disagree with Gladwell that 10,000 hours is required to become a master, and that luck plays a much larger role than he states.

The Outliers, by Malcom Gladwell The first chapter introduces the idea of success based on a given opportunity. Gladwell gave examples of sports, such as hockey and soccer, to explain advantages different age groups were exposed to. For example, Gladwell gives a list of statistics of the year and month Canadian professional hockey players were born; which was January through April. The reasoning behind it was the cut-off January 1st, therefore if one was too young, they were not allowed to participate

called Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. In it Gladwell tells the stories of successful people and explains how they became successful based on their circumstances, situations, and cultural legacies. In particular, Gladwell wrote a chapter about what has become to be known as “The 10,000 Hour Rule.” This rule states that after 10,000 hours of practice a person, no matter who they are, will be an expert at that skill. Although I agree with Gladwell in his knowledge, practice, and a lot

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

According to Malcolm Gladwell (2008), “If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires (page 151).” Many of these “outliers” that Gladwell gave example to, though, were subject to opportunity and circumstance, not just the action of hard work and assertion. Hard work and intelligence were a huge part of the outliers’ stories, but so was their childhood home, birthdate, and social status. One such story that Gladwell (2008) presents

Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers and Yann Martel’s Life of Pi are both literary works, which address the moral dilemma of unearthing the complicated truths of life compared to living in an unrealistic dream world devoid of reality. In the non-fiction piece Outliers, Gladwell examines and analyzes the multiple factors, which leads to an individual’s success. He debunks the many myths that society believes about what makes a person prosper. By interviewing affluent individuals and conducting different studies

had to be the reason that poor immigrants like Andrew Carnegie and college dropouts like Bill Gates achieved unimaginable wealth. Most of us were taught that working harder than anyone else would lead to ultimate success. While the author, Malcolm Gladwell, does not dispute that hard work in a necessary component, we learn that many factors, lucky breaks, and some coincidences all occur in making high achievers into true outliers. We also learn that many of the richest, most famous, and most successful