Analysis Of The Beatles: Opportunities Leading To Success
Kaitlyn Jackson
English 1301
Professor Brown
22 September 2013
The Beatles: Opportunities Leading to Success
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison each represent a spot on a four leaf clover: they are very lucky men. In Malcom Gladwell’s number one National best seller Outliers he illuminates how prevailing the term success is in the eyes of many Americans. One example being the “10,000 hour rule” simply stating if someone does something for 10,000 hours they could become a professional at it. The “10,000” hour rule provides readers with an example towards how success is misleading because of irrepressible opportunities. Gladwell applies the “10,000” hour rule towards the well-known rock band, the Beatles to show …show more content…
Paul McCartney and John Lennon were normal, yet talented high school boys when they were offered a gig in Hamburg. A writer of the Beatles biography shout, Phillip Norman states, “It was an accident. Bruno went to London to look for bands. But he happened to meet an entrepreneur from Liverpool in Soho who was down in London by pure chance. And he arranged to send some bands over. That’s how the connection was established…” (Gladwell 48). According to the quote above the Beatles had a vital advantage over other rock’ N’ roll bands in the 1960’s. A club owner named Bruno set out to London in search for bands to bring back to his club in Hamburg, Germany. Ironically he just so happened to run across a man along the way who referred to Bruno a number of bands, one of which was the Beatles. The chance that they would cross paths was one in a million. But this “one in a million” chance led the Beatles to victory in their music career. Another factor that influenced the Beatles success was the valuable amount of time they were required to practice. The Beatles drummer at the time, Pete best says, “Once the news got out about that we were making a show, the club started packing them in, we played seven nights a week. At first we played almost nonstop till twelve- thirty, when it closed, but as we got better the crowds stayed till two most mornings” (Gladwell 49). The quote above indicates how they Beatles became more and more successful. I know if I were to play the drums twenty-five to thirty hours a week in front of people who are actually expecting a show out of me, I would become close to a professional too. The Beatles were like a dog barking repeatedly for a juicy steak at their master’s dinner table. They kept going back to the club doing the same thing over and over again other bands at this time might have been playing off and on
English 1301
Professor Brown
22 September 2013
The Beatles: Opportunities Leading to Success
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison each represent a spot on a four leaf clover: they are very lucky men. In Malcom Gladwell’s number one National best seller Outliers he illuminates how prevailing the term success is in the eyes of many Americans. One example being the “10,000 hour rule” simply stating if someone does something for 10,000 hours they could become a professional at it. The “10,000” hour rule provides readers with an example towards how success is misleading because of irrepressible opportunities. Gladwell applies the “10,000” hour rule towards the well-known rock band, the Beatles to show …show more content…
Paul McCartney and John Lennon were normal, yet talented high school boys when they were offered a gig in Hamburg. A writer of the Beatles biography shout, Phillip Norman states, “It was an accident. Bruno went to London to look for bands. But he happened to meet an entrepreneur from Liverpool in Soho who was down in London by pure chance. And he arranged to send some bands over. That’s how the connection was established…” (Gladwell 48). According to the quote above the Beatles had a vital advantage over other rock’ N’ roll bands in the 1960’s. A club owner named Bruno set out to London in search for bands to bring back to his club in Hamburg, Germany. Ironically he just so happened to run across a man along the way who referred to Bruno a number of bands, one of which was the Beatles. The chance that they would cross paths was one in a million. But this “one in a million” chance led the Beatles to victory in their music career. Another factor that influenced the Beatles success was the valuable amount of time they were required to practice. The Beatles drummer at the time, Pete best says, “Once the news got out about that we were making a show, the club started packing them in, we played seven nights a week. At first we played almost nonstop till twelve- thirty, when it closed, but as we got better the crowds stayed till two most mornings” (Gladwell 49). The quote above indicates how they Beatles became more and more successful. I know if I were to play the drums twenty-five to thirty hours a week in front of people who are actually expecting a show out of me, I would become close to a professional too. The Beatles were like a dog barking repeatedly for a juicy steak at their master’s dinner table. They kept going back to the club doing the same thing over and over again other bands at this time might have been playing off and on