Outliers: Opportunity And Legacy
Kowsar Mohamed
Microeconomics 2200
December 6th, 2013
Outliers
There were many important concepts Gladwell listed. His book focused on six main points: opportunity, timing, ten-thousand hours, meaningful work and legacy. The two main focuses of his concepts were Opportunity and Legacy. I believe he chose those two because when and where you are affect a situation but how you approach it is the battery charge for the situation. Gladwell describes how when opportunity presents itself you should seize it. After doing so you shouldn’t take it easy because you’ve grasped it but you should work ten times harder and put the hours in to master the objective. You have the chance and opportunity to do that time so why not take advantage of it? Beyond all this it takes a certain type of person to put in such commitment, its the person's upbringing that builds them to be this way. Gladwell specifically describes this theory but I won’t being getting into depth with it. …show more content…
It is scarce for someone to get a shot at success from rags to riches, so when opportunity knocks?...Plenty of timing goes into opportunity even when you’re chosen theres a specific reason why. The reason why taking great advantage of your opportunity is important is because once again the American population currently is high so the chance of you achieving success is very small. When working on such a project it must be meaningful to you so you can put in the time needed. For one to succeed they must work hard and continue working hard without no breaks until it’s safe but playing it safe isn’t even an
Microeconomics 2200
December 6th, 2013
Outliers
There were many important concepts Gladwell listed. His book focused on six main points: opportunity, timing, ten-thousand hours, meaningful work and legacy. The two main focuses of his concepts were Opportunity and Legacy. I believe he chose those two because when and where you are affect a situation but how you approach it is the battery charge for the situation. Gladwell describes how when opportunity presents itself you should seize it. After doing so you shouldn’t take it easy because you’ve grasped it but you should work ten times harder and put the hours in to master the objective. You have the chance and opportunity to do that time so why not take advantage of it? Beyond all this it takes a certain type of person to put in such commitment, its the person's upbringing that builds them to be this way. Gladwell specifically describes this theory but I won’t being getting into depth with it. …show more content…
It is scarce for someone to get a shot at success from rags to riches, so when opportunity knocks?...Plenty of timing goes into opportunity even when you’re chosen theres a specific reason why. The reason why taking great advantage of your opportunity is important is because once again the American population currently is high so the chance of you achieving success is very small. When working on such a project it must be meaningful to you so you can put in the time needed. For one to succeed they must work hard and continue working hard without no breaks until it’s safe but playing it safe isn’t even an