In the book‚ Outliers‚ Malcom Gladwell expresses situations in different people’s lives through statistics and probability. This book focuses on the “Outliers” of the world‚ these people are the smartest‚ most successful‚ and well achieved human beings. He describes how we pay too much attention to what successful people. We observe minor things like and how they live‚ and not enough attention to their background‚ their culture‚ their family‚ their generation‚ and the way they live‚ and their upbringing
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Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers‚ he explains the significant amount of opportunities that successful people are given. Gladwell uses the example of Joe Flom to explain how timing is a huge factor in success. Early in his career‚ he was declined by a huge law firm‚ and had to settle for a firm that was just starting out. Even though this seems like a disadvantage‚ it turned into an opportunity because the new law firm turned out to grow into one of the best. Another example used in Outliers would
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In his book‚ Outliers‚ Gladwell’s claim that success is determined as a result of one’s opportunities‚ legacy‚ and their ability to capitalize on them is valid and holds its weight when closely examined. Gladwell’s sub-claim in the first half of Outliers that the time an individual or individuals chooses to puts into a certain activity when given the chance to is what ultimately determines mastery of that skill is seen prevalently in society. He substantiates this claim by examining numerous success
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do we really need to spend 10‚000 hours or is there more to this than Gladwell presented in his book Outliers? With further research it was found that 10‚000 hours is not the end all be all for mastery. In fact‚ Gladwell was wrong because he oversimplified what is necessary for mastery and the amount of work people need to put in by a long shot. In chapter two of Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers the 10‚000-Hour Rule was introduced. It was found by “psychologist K. Anders Ericsson‚ stating that …
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these few words would change the face of professional basketball forever. Lebron James was born on December 30‚ 1984 in Akron‚ Ohio to a 16-year-old mother‚ Gloria Marie James. Right away it was easy to notice that Lebron James was definitely an outlier. Lebron James rise to success was the epitome to Gladwell’s ideas of the 10‚000 hour rule and the idea of accumulative advantage. The year 1993 was one of the most important years in Lebrons life. His mother and him were just about to get kicked
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Most Improve Award‚” but I got neither. My mother said those students were at least two years older than me‚ so they had more time to practice more than I did. I did not really understand what my mother meant until I read chapter one of the book‚ “Outliers” written by Malcom Gladwell. The first chapter of the book introduced me to the “Matthew Effect.” This effect is a phenomenon
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How did he become successful enough to walk this carpet? The truth is that he earned his way on the walkway for celebrities because he made a prominent identity for himself. Furthermore‚ Bill Gates rise to success is explained in Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. It is also explained that a person’s identity is developed due to the key opportunities and talents that are acquired over a lifetime. Opportunities are the key factor to success‚ which in turn build an identity for the person who takes the chance
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In Chapter 7 of Outliers: The Story of Success‚ “The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes‚” Malcolm Galdwell continues to discuss how people’s behavior is influenced by their cultural legacies‚ particularly the way they communicate. The ways to communicate in cultural legacies differ greatly and reflect different cultures. China is my home country. In China‚ the typical communicating style of my own culture is in an indirect way. It influenced my ability to communicate effectively after I came to U.S.
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The 10‚000 Hour Rule is the idea that it takes about 10‚000 hours to master a skill. In Outliers‚ Gladwell uses Bill Gates as an example. According to Gladwell‚ Gates spent approximately 10‚000 hours practicing coding‚ honing the skills that he would later use to build his multi-billion dollar software company known as Microsoft. Bill Gates is a real-life example of the idiom “Practice makes perfect”. The 10‚000 hour also factors into education. In order to ensure success in school‚ I must reform
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specifically. Descriptive statistics can assist analyst to measure data in terms of location‚ variability‚ association between two variables‚ as well as using data for exploratory analysis and the shape‚ relative location‚ and the identification of outliers. The data presented offers a look at four data sets including opening gross income‚ total gross income‚ number of theaters‚ and weeks in the top 60 movies for a sample of 100 movies. These data sets reveal numerous findings about the motion picture
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