Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers focuses on the concept of success. Through various case studies and examples he challenges the notion that an individual's Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is a direct predictor of an individual's success. Gladwell's carefully chosen case studies and the manner in which he presents them is how he is able to connect to his audience. In the span of these two chapter the author references several areas of popular culture, sprinkles in statics and historical tidbits, all the while emphasizing his stance that "success" is independent of…
Outliers, is a book by Malcolm Gladwell, which is known as the book of success. This book explains why some people succeed more than others and it even suggest that birth dates are a factor of success giving an example of Bill Gates and his success in Microsoft. If your are interested in why Asians are superior in math, or why the worlds smartest man has accomplished the least, this book has all the answers. The title says it all outliers means those persons of exceptional accomplishments.…
Gladwell, M (2008). Outliers: The Story of Success. New York, New York: Little, Brown, & Gladwell…
Most people today think that people are born to be successful. In Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, he proves there are numerous factors that will help to succeed. To support his idea, he uses examples such as, cut-off date of the Canadian Hockey League, how Bill Gates and the Beatles spent at least 10,000 hours. In addition, he uses stories of Chris Langan, and Robert Oppenheimer to compare how one can succeed and can fail with extremely high IQs. Furthermore, Gladwell utilizes story Joseph Flom to show how he was able to build successful law firms with different cultural background. At last, he describes how cultural difference play a large role in looking into intelligence and decision…
I think that IQ tests such as these are very good at evaluating a person's reasoning ability, skills at pattern recognition and comprehension / memory. However, there are other measures of an individuals aptitiudes such as emotional IQ, ability to function under stress, creativity and resourcefulness that can be just as important in practical life. For some purposes, IQ test results can be a useful tool for evaluation and comparison, but people shouldn't put too much stock in this as a single comprehensive measure of their abilities. There are many ways in which we can succeed in life that don't necessarily involve math prowess or extreme powers of recall or…
Gladwell knew that IQ was not the sole determinant of success. So he developed other concepts based on family circumstances that included the time period of birth and child rearing, as well as, one’s acquired knowledge through education. Robert Sternberg described practical intelligence as a procedural method of knowledge that helps one know how, when, and…
In the world we live in today, there are many different views towards an individual subject matter. While we may think control our lives, the world around us shares our perspective. Authors David Epstein: “The Sports Gene” and Malcolm Gladwell: “The Outliers” have subjective reasoning as to what an individual must do to reach the highest standards. Epstein has a more reasonable and evidential take on the pathway of an individual; he acknowledges different views while maintaining the concept of innate talent and practice.…
“ ‘Knowledge of a boy’s IQ is of little help if you are faced with a forkful of clever boys’ ”-Hudson (Gladwell 84). An IQ threshold suggests that after a certain amount a higher IQ does not correlate to success. This introduces the aspect of individual merit into success in regards to hard work. Until reading this book I have believed my successes to be a culmination of my own efforts.…
In “Trouble with Geniuses”, Gladwell explains one important skill that one must have in order to become an outlier. The author states that readers often jump to a conclusion that success is determined by ones IQ or talent. However, those are not the factors that determine success. It is practical intelligence that one must have in order to be successful in life. Practical intelligence can be defined as one’s ability to adapt and learn everyday by the surrounding environments. Overall, practical environment is common sense. It is the ability to learn through completing an everyday task.…
When I first got this book, I did not expect it to be about what it was about. Outlier is a term that we use in math. Something out of the ordinary, a number that is not like the others, different. Who would have thought that this book was going to talk about people? I thought it was so clever to call people outliers. What an intelligent way to describe those people. To describe the people out of the ordinary, the talented ones and to explain why they are so.…
| In this chapter psychologists observe that real greatness comes from the amount of time on practice hours you put in. They came to a conclusion of when you accumulate a total of 10,1000 hours of practice by the time of your career you have reached the goal and are very successful. Or also proven that artist that have reached the peek of their fame when their practices have added to a total of 10,000 hours in their whole career.…
Entrepreneurs are worshipped for their vast knowledge and achievements and often times, their contributions to society are praised and greatly appreciated. However, most of these successful individuals are not successful simply because of how creative or unique they are, but mainly for other reasons that are not seen at a first glance. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, he writes that the success of these achievers is actually dependent on their upbringing, and the factors that made them who they are. His opinion remains true as most if not all successful people are really just ordinary people who had advantageous circumstances, favorable backgrounds, and the will to do hard work.…
Summer reading is meant to be purposeful. Although I did not procrastinate, I found the task of reading two books and writing additional assignments daunting initially. However, once I began the first reading selection, Thank You For Arguing, in early July, I realized that the assignments were not useless drudgery. I rather discovered that the books had meaning and would further me as a reader, writer, and learner. Unlike other school required readings like Shakespeare, Dickens, and Golding, this book was contemporary and informal. I found that the relatable humor and personal anecdotes in the narrative created an enjoyable, lighter read. After completing each section, I was required to construct a response that details Heinrichs’s purpose. In result,…
It is not a guarantee that children with IQs above 140 will do something special in the future. Oliver James in his article Family under the microscope (2009) maintained about American researchers that studied four hundred children with high IQs. Their results were surprising. Those intelligent kids did not do anything exceptional in their later life. Furthermore, some of them also did not get high marks on exams. The reason is their laziness or inability to develop own talents. Another eloquent testimony to my words is A.R. Jensen 's book, Bias in Mental Testing, 1980, p. 113, which states, “Beyond IQ 115, the IQ level becomes relatively unimportant in terms of ordinary occupational aspirations and criteria of success.” Afterwards, the author explained that it is not significant whether a person have IQ up to 150 or IQ up to 180. A person will have achievements or not depends on his/her personality and character. Grady Towers also had his mathematical experiments. The results were unexpected: “The very highest level of real world accomplishment is not made by those with the very highest level IQs.…
For decades people were only aware of the notion of intelligence quotient or IQ and it was often used to select people for jobs and other activities. An IQ of 100 was meant to represent the average and people possessing lower or higher scores were assumed to have lower or higher intelligence. Yet, we all probably know so-called intelligent people who are unable to interact with other people, cannot cook, are unable to change the tyre on a car, and cannot do many other ordinary things which the majority of us take for granted. Likewise, there are many people who are not assumed to be intelligent but can communicate wonderfully with other people, can quickly mend a car, or possess fantastic skills on the football field or golf course.…