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    Malcolm Gladwell argues that we have to spend 10‚000 hours in order to master a skill. Elon Musk has worked 100 hours a week for more than 15 years which is a total of 76‚000 hours. Perhaps‚ this is one of the reasons why he is one of the biggest outliers. Elon Musk is a 39-year-old engineer and entrepreneur. At 28‚ he co-founded popular e-payment company Paypal. He then went on to start spaceX‚ the first private company to launch a rocket into space‚ and Tesla motors‚ which builds electric cars

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    Gladwell Criticism

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    Let’s get this straight first. I actually applaud Malcolm Gladwell for writing his book Outliers. His theories throughout the book touched ideas that I wouldn’t even begin to think about or question. He gave support for his theories and spent a lot of time describing occurrences that seemed to prove them (as you can guess I’m a bit skeptical about some). I actually enjoyed reading once I got myself to actually focus and read. You see‚ it’s not the type of book that you don’t want to put down;

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    Whether it is a short story‚ chapter book‚ article‚ or even a paragraph written down. Every word written onto that piece of paper has a meaning or point. Reading a lot of Malcolm Gladwell’s work‚ I realized that it came down to one simple word that has drove him to write 100s of articles and books. That word is‚ Success. Gladwell has one point that he tried to get across to us in his book Outliers and articles such as “Most Likely To Succeed” and “Late Bloomers”. The main point that the book

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    English 101 Visionary On September 11th 2001‚ the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil occurred. Radical hijackers crashed passenger planes into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers in New York‚ toppling the 110-story Twin Towers‚ killing all aboard the jets and more than 3‚000 people on the ground. Architect of the Twin Towers‚ Minoru Yamasaki‚ said upon their completion in 1972‚ “The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace... a representation

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    Gilbert Gladwell Essay

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    immune system. While in the article “ The Power of Context” by  Malcolm  Gladwell‚  the  author  claims  that  human  behavior  is  greatly  dependent  on  their  surroundings.  “Immune  to  Reality”  by  Daniel Gilbert and  “ The Power of Context” by Malcolm  Gladwell  allude  to  the  idea  that  people  behave  unconsciously;  however‚  Gilbert  manifests  that  people  make  excuses  for  their  behavior  in  defense  to  the  psychological  immune  system  and  Gladwell possess that people’s behavior is manipulated by surrounding 

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    Solnit and Gladwell Essay

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    the trouble that lie in the city borders. For the rest of the metropolis‚ the choice is very well pronounced: live with the dirt and grime or try and fight it for the good of the community. In Malcolm Gladwell’s story‚ “The Power of Context: Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime”‚ Gladwell describes that human behavior is deeply affected by our environment. Along the same lines‚ in the short story “The Solitary Stroller and the City”‚ the author Rebecca Solnit delves into her own

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    people. One of these leader is‚ Malcolm X. Born on May 19‚ 1925. During the first few years of Malcolm X’s life‚ he has been subjected to racism. Malcolm X’s father Earl Little. Was a Baptist‚ a preacher‚ and an activist. Earl Little was killed a streetcar‚ murdered by white supremacists. Not much is known is about Louise Little‚ which she was reported to have suffered from a nervous mental breakdown and was institutionalized in mental hospital. When Malcolm X was 15 years old‚ he’d dropped

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    life. However‚ the recognition and fulfillment of one’s true self-are the hardest things in the world simply because one always seems certain of him or herself‚ and is strongly influenced by his or her surroundings. In his essay‚ “The Power of Context‚” Malcolm Gladwell says that human behavior is susceptible to and strongly predisposed by the environment in which they live. He further poses that‚ "epidemics are sensitive to the surroundings and situation of the places and times in which they transpire

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    willingness to fight‚ in order for activism to be effective. As Malcolm Gladwell describes in “Why the Revolution Should not be Tweeted”‚ he reminds us of what ‘real’ activism is and how other generations have risked their lives to make a difference‚ in both their lives and the future of America. He does not think that activists can be considered true activists if they are non-violent when protesting for their rights. However‚ Gladwell should consider that protesting is a process that doesn’t start

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    Outliers Gladwell Analysis

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    Outliers Book Analysis “Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell Abstract: Gladwell‚ M. (2008). Outliers: The story of success. New York‚ NY: Little‚ Brown and Company. Outliers is a well written‚ fun‚ and easy to read book overall about success‚ and how particular factors can lend to one being successful. It details the success stories of many individuals such as The Beatles‚ Bill Gates‚ and Canadian Ice hockey players to name a few. The non-fiction book does an

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