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“A Tale of Two High Jumpers” is an excerpt from The Sports Gene by David Epstein. It talks about two high jumpers Donald Thomas and Stefan Holm, one had a twenty year love with high jumping the other one got lucky. Both men were excellent high jumpers. Outliers is an excerpt from “The 10,000-Hour Rule by Malcolm Gladwell. It talks about studies done on individuals which ones become professional and why they become professional. Also how the amount of practice was different from the professionals and amateurs. We do not control what happens in our life, but there are a few things we do.
Malcolm Gladwell believes with 10,000 hours of practice one can reach their dreams in their craft. The author's argument is students with the most practice
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