them: talent‚ passion and practice. However‚ many do not acknowledge that their future has been predetermined by uncontrollable factors. Although it may be hard to accept‚ many brilliant minds have broken down success realistically‚ like Malcolm Gladwell. He states‚ “No one- not rock stars‚ not professional athletes‚ not software billionaires‚ and not even geniuses- ever makes it alone” (115). People looking for success need to know that talent alone does not make a person successful‚ in consequence
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the prime time of salesmanship‚ which according to Friedman was the 1880’s to about the 1920’s. In Willy’s case‚ he had the same qualities as Patterson but he was just born in the wrong time period. This connects to another book called Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. In this book‚ studies show that everything matters about the very exact date that one was born. One example from the book talks about famous icons in history such as Bill Gates. If Bill Gates were not around in the period where computers
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public schools. In Newark‚ children are grouped by ages consisting children five and younger that live in poverty. Schools are trying to help these children. Charter schools are private schools that give everyone a chance. For example‚ in the book Outliers‚ KIPP was a middle school that Marita
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feel you hold a good grasp of practical intelligence? Highlight four ways this semester‚ either at school‚ work or play that you believe will help you build practical intelligence. 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
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Literacy Paper 2 “You can be anything you want to be!” This is what typical parents say in order to give their children hope for the future. It is a lie. Even though many of Americas youth dream of what they want to be when they grow up‚ few dreams ever come true. The fact is no‚ you really cannot be anything you want to be. In reality‚ there are so many external forces that come into play in order for someone to create their own reality. Though I am talking about dreams‚ this myth is different
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Malcolm Gladwell in chapter 6 his famed novel about success‚ Outliers‚ describes two feuding families: the Hatfields and the McCoys. These families lived in a small town in Kentucky‚ and the feud reportedly began sometime in the 1800s in a dispute over the ownership of either a pig or the death of a family member by the other family‚ among other theories (Gladwell). In both cases‚ the feud would have begun due to a sense of ownership
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possess certain values which make them unique and important to be remembered by years of generations. Both of them also contribute to society; Steve Jobs redefine the innovative IT world while Lee Kuan Yew leads Singapore to an unprecedented growth. Gladwell (2008) argued that achievement is a combination between talent and preparation. However‚ Maxwell (2007) said that talent might be given‚ but success must be earned. Hence‚ the preparation must be dealt seriously by applying certain important values
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He was creative and had talent for arts; that means‚ somehow‚ he had a sensitive side. Because of his mess up life‚ he had no opportunity‚ no encouragement to develop his skills for art. Malcolm Gladwell‚ the author of the book Outliers‚ has a theory that to achieve excellence people have to work hard on their own goal‚ being precise‚ they have to work 10‚000 hours on it. But people‚ who do not have a healthy environment or do not have someone to give incentive‚
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succeeded because they all spent ten thousand hours or more practicing and preparing themselves. The individuals that came in second to those who spent ten thousand hours‚ had only an average of eight thousand or fewer hours of practice. Gladwell wrote in his book‚ Outliers‚ that natural talent matters‚ but the practice and preparation triumph it. McGonigal believes that because the younger generation is already participating in long hours of gaming‚ we are “...creating an entire generation of virtuoso
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a clear thesis statement. For example‚ in our second paper‚ which require us to choose specific person who is an outlier in your view. After all the factors Gladwell wrote in his book Outlier‚ I thought my purpose in this paper to convince people that the person I choose is an outlier. What I need is to find information that makes my choice satisfied the characteristics of an outlier. After knowing my purpose‚ I started to work on my thesis statement. My thesis statement in this paper
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