23 April 2015 Disadvantages and Difficulties can be Desirable Disadvantages or misconceptions can be better prophets for success than what we might consider to be the obvious advantage. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell describes that bigger is not necessarily better. Malcolm Gladwell applies this principle among other extensive situations‚ such as the battlegrounds of Northern Ireland and Vietnam‚ successful and unsuccessful classrooms‚ cancer scientists and civil rights leaders. Were as many
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chapters taken from his book Outliers: The Story of Success (2008)‚ claims that there is a misunderstanding on what success is and how it can be achieved. Gladwell feels that the idea of having an extremely high IQ and success is faulty because there are various other factors to consider that can contribute to levels of success. In chapter four Gladwell argues that it is not a high IQ that defines success‚ but concerted cultivation. He emphasizes that concerted cultivation and opportunities given are
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Eduardo Valdez Mr. Pass ELA May 13‚ 2015 The Tipping Point In his book‚ “The Tipping Point‚” Malcolm Gladwell puts forth a compelling theory that illustrates the way trends and epidemics share three common characteristics: The Law of The Few‚ The Stickiness Factor‚ and The Power of Context. Gladwell begins with an overview of three shared factors between all epidemics. In essence‚ “epidemics” happen when the right people encounter a potent idea under favorable circumstances. This to me seems a
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say‚ “John Doe‚ came from absolutely nothing‚ to become this sports All-Start.” Gladwell uses the analogy of the tallest tree in the forest. He says that that tree does not get to be the tallest on its own. Gladwell reminds us that the sun was not blocked from that tree. That tree had no root damage from rabbits. That the tree was spared from a lumber jack. That tallest tree had help from many aspects of nature. Gladwell starts with that analogy because many people do not know what goes in to being
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In the Gladwell’s article‚ Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted (2010)‚ he compares and contrasts traditional activism and online activism. Gladwell ultimately distinguishes traditional activism and online activism as “strong ties” and “weak ties.” He explains that “strong ties” are the ties that have been made when dense social capital existed‚ the ties that caused the civil-rights movement and other revolutions within Italy‚ Afghanistan‚ and East Germany. He talks about social networks such as
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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 suggests many different ways that someone could be considered "successful‚" and
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shall be given‚ and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.” – Matthew 25:29. Malcolm Gladwell uses this scripture from the gospel of Matthew to introduce the phenomenon of the “Matthew Effect” in his book‚ Outliers. He defines an “outlier” as “men and women who do things out of the ordinary” (Gladwell 17). In his search of trying to find what exactly made these men and women so extraordinary‚ he discovered that they all had an “accumulative
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In Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted‚ Gladwell starts the text with the story of the four African American college students from Greensboro‚ North Carolina who began a sit-in. The students endured so much racial discrimination for the simple pleasure of being served. The sit- in started with only four and soon grew to nearly hundreds of protestors within days and not with the help of social networks. During the civil war movement the internet was non- existent. People could not
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Malcom Gladwell is a very powerful speaker man that has plenty to say on a varity of topics. However‚ when he chooses to speak he uses many ways of expressing himself to grab and keep his audiences attention without having doubt about what he is saying by the end of his speech. Gladwell‚ in the speech on school shootings is very convincing. There are three main devices he used in order to get his point across which is reasoning‚ emotion‚ and credibility. Here I will be explaining how he has come
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In the second chapter of his book‚ Outliers‚ Malcom Gladwell writes to his readers about the importance of repetitions. In this chapter‚ Gladwell expresses and gives examples of the importance of repetitions. In order for one to become an expert or excel in something‚ one must repeat this action for at least 10‚000 hours. Gladwell’s first example of the 10‚000-hour rule is Bill Joy‚ a sixteen-year-old boy. He was interested in computer programming‚ which was a hard thing to learn about in 1970’s
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