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    This essay reflects the philosophy of Malcom Gladwell’s "10‚000 Hour Rule"; and will express 10‚000 as the number that represents hard work‚ passion‚ and dedication. You will hear how I argue for Gladwell’s philosophy and why. This essay will follow with my thoughts on how patience‚ along with hard work‚ passion‚ and dedication is required to succeed both professionally and academically in today’s society. 10‚000 hours‚ WOW! When thinking of these hours it seems like such a long time doesn’t

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    Professor Davina Warden English 105 12 October 2013 Building up to10‚000 Hours Can you name a skill of yours that you can confidently say you have been able to master at? Now think this‚ how long did it take you to be skillful at it? Author Malcolm Gladwell introduces his theory of the 10‚000 hour rule in his book‚ Outliers the Story of Success. In the chapter “The 10‚000-Hour Rule‚ he introduces his theory that shows how 10‚000 hours is the amount of practice time it takes a person to be extremely

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    The author Malcolm Gladwell engaged in the study about how to get success and arrived conclusion that it takes ten thousand hours of practice to achieve success in a field. For this point‚ Gladwell take a research that aimed at three groups of violinists who have different level skill and asked them how many hours they spend on violin since they first touch it. The result show that the elite performers spend average ten thousand hours of practice on violin but the less capable performers just spend

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    Opportunity is the Key to Success "And that opportunity played a critical role in their success" (30 Gladwell). Many times‚ people will argue that if you want something‚ you can achieve it simply through hard work; however‚ that is not always the case. In 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

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    Student Name Professor Course Title Date The Review of the book: ‘Outliers: The Story of Success’ by Malcolm Gladwell The book by Malcolm Gladwell is really a great story that might reveal the secrets of success. The author tries to understand the other possibilities of gaining success except the pure talent and innate ability. The main points of his book are the importance of hard work‚ the perfect timing which helps to appear at a right time in a right place. He also pays attention to

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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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    The 10‚000 Hour Rule by Malcolm Gladwell By Rachel Henke | Submitted On October 27‚ 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Rachel Henke ’Outliers‚’ by Malcolm Gladwell is one of the classics

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    giants in the 1980s (Locklear‚ 2016). Gladwell tried to make the characters in his book relatable so the reader could use the examples provided in their everyday lives. Gladwell debunks the romantic mystique of self-determinism in part one of his book as well (Locklear‚ 2016). Gladwell believes that it is a myth that people are natural born geniuses. The author believes such geniuses are created by their parents and or society. To prove this theory Gladwell gave the examples of the characters of

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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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    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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