The 10‚000 Hour Rule: Just How True is it? On page 40 of Outliers‚ a novel written by pop-psych author Malcolm Gladwell‚ neurologist Daniel Levitin explains‚ “The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world class-expert--- in anything.” Gladwell takes this quote and heavily relies on it with his thesis for the next chapter‚ which basically says that anyone can become a master in anything with
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a book that attacks the most common notions to why people are successful. Gladwell presents the idea of an “outlier”‚ one who does not fit into the normal understanding of achievement‚ and gives various examples of these outliers. He questions the notion that success is based soley off of hard work and pure talent and in turn presents the idea that a majority of success is based on external factors out of our control. Gladwell argues that those who are the most successful
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late 1800’s‚ there was a massive racial split between whites and blacks. If you had even the slightest amount of white in you‚ than you had an advantage. The darkest of people‚ were treated awfully and without respect. In the epilogue in the book Outliers: The Story of Success‚ tells a story of the history of the Ford family. The main focus of the story is Gladwell’s grandmother‚ Daisy‚ who did everything she could to get her twins into any school. Gladwell’s mother’s name is Joyce and she was put
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Michel Ms. Donohoo English 12 - G 14 January 2016 Nonfiction Book Review - Outliers Introduction The classic American success story: a person is born to nothing‚ has an idea‚ and‚ by sheer power of their own will and determination‚ makes it big--or so it would seem. These are the stories‚ the stories of billionaires‚ professional athletes‚ lawyers‚ and scientists‚ that Malcolm Gladwell examines in his 2008 book‚ Outliers: Stories of Success. He delves deep into the stories of successful people
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There are two rules for success: 1) Do not tell all your secrets. According to Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers‚ success can make someone’s life marvelous. However‚ Gladwell does not follow the rules for success and tells us all the tips and tricks that he can find. Gladwell’s tactics when talking to parents and future adults‚ perfectly informs them that they can be successful and here is exactly what to look out for. He does this because he cares and wants them to become successful. Gladwell also
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play a sport. Coach’s always preach practice and more practice for one to improve and better their skill. However‚ I would like to recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s book‚ Outliers‚ as one of the five finalist for the National Book Award because it gives tremendous insight and removes a sometimes negative connotation to the word “Outlier”.Stating that qualities is not all a person needs to become successful. And qualities that make a good athlete include way more then practice and dedication. Gladwell
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In Outliers: A Story of Success‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues that success is achieved not only from hard work‚ but also from the circumstances and opportunities you meet with. His argument is backed by a multitde examples throughout the book. it is hard to read this and not agree with him. One example Gladwell uses is called the Matthew Effect. This is based on Matthew 25:29 from the Christian Bible; it says‚ “For unto every one that hath shall be given and he shall be given and had abundance. But from
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According to Malcolm Gladwell in his 2008 non-fiction book‚ Outliers: The Story of Success‚ extraordinary opportunities is when a person sees or is given an opportunity to do something and they take the opportunity‚ run with it and make the best out of it. In addition to extraordinary opportunities‚ Reese Witherspoon
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of their lives. The pinnacle of someone’s life is looked at by whether they were successful in life. Success is redefined by each person who seeks to achieve it and there is not one set definition to measure how successful a person is. In the book Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell attempts to define and justify success based on people who are considered successful in the eyes of nearly everyone. Gladwell proposes his theory on why certain people have become successful like Bill Gates‚ the Beatles‚ and Joe
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Kiosha Buckingham Mr. Olds Fundamentals of College Literacy November 3‚ 2014 Gladwell‚ M (2008). Outliers: The Story of Success. New York‚ New York: Little‚ Brown‚ & Gladwell Gladwell‚ Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. 1st Ed. New York: Little‚ Brown and Company‚ 2008. Print. Outliers Chapter 5 Chapter 5 is titled “The Three Lessons of Joe Flom.” He tells us about the immigrant world Flom grew up in. Everything you would think to be disadvantages were actually advantages‚ like being poor
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