Steve Jobs: A Brief History Of Canadian Youth Hockey

Everyone loves a good rags to riches story, a diamond in the rough anecdote like Joseph from the bible. Joseph was sold into slavery and miraculously becomes the pharaoh’s right-hand man. Or how J.K Rowling, arguably one of the most famous authors, lived on welfare before writing the most widely read book series. However, becoming successful is directly related to opportunities and the fact that they owe something to patronage and parentage . For example, Steve Jobs, a multimillionaire that may look like he came from nothing. But looking behind the curtains, Job’s was given very beneficial opportunities to further his studies in electronics at a lab in Washington right by his college. People don’t rise from nothing; individuals who are successful in this world have been dealt an extremely beneficial hand and have been given extraordinary opportunities.
A psychologist Roger Barnesly looked very closely at why these youth players were excelling at a faster rate than other kids. It was all in when the kids were born. The cutoff for Canadian youth hockey is January 1st; meaning that the best kids were born in the months closest to the cutoff. That is important because the players were older and much more mature. Thus, these bigger, older players make an impression on talent scouts at a young age. Then they are moved to better teams, receive better coaches, have more opportunities to practice—and this makes them better. Therefore, this example shows how advantages of being born close to that cutoff date is extremely beneficial for rising in a specific sport and how hidden opportunities create success in today’s grueling