Outliers: The Characteristics Of Success

Characteristics of Success

What determines how effective someone is in receiving their "picture-perfect" world? Let’s say one man worked hard, harder than anyone else in his community. He thought outside the box and showed determination, but another man was more successful than him. The second man worked hard and thought resource fully just as the first. How was he more successful? He had something the other didn’t. Working hard and thinking creatively to create a desirable world may seem to move in success' direction, but with deeper thought and analyzing it seems to have more to it than that. Success goes only as far as one's capabilities and experiences. In other words, one’s opportunities, background, and character determines their success.

Specifically, opportunities can make an enormous difference in whether one succeeds or not. When receiving opportunities others aren’t, an advantage is automatically in action. In "Outliers", a
It can decide whether one has noble resources. For instance, no one can succeed alone. They need someone to help along the way. If one has bad character, no one will want to sacrifice their time for them. In contrast, good character will show people who is worth their attention. Similarly, character will decide who will make progress within themselves (which leads to success). If one has bad character qualities such as negativity, ungratefulness, and dishonesty, they will go in the wrong direction because their minds won’t be focused on the right things. To explain, in Roseto, Pennsylvania, there is a community of people who have good character. They are a successful community, despite other factors because of this. "They had to appreciate the idea that the values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are (Gladwell 11)." As can be seen, the following characteristics have a noteworthy judgment on one’s likelihood to