“...If you work hard enough and assert yourself‚ and use your mind and imagination‚ you can shape the world to your desires.” In the book ’outliers’ by Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell States that there is no such thing as a self made person. That if you succeed in life it depends on who you are and where you came from. I disagree with this statement for the reason that‚ although this may be occasionally correct‚ mostly it isn’t true . There are many people who have created success for themselves and
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Song for this part: Adam’s song - Blink-182 “So this is my place” Trace says when he closes the front door carefully. I stare back and forth at the small apartment. It’s empty it has barely any furniture. Trace doesn’t say anything he is balancing on his heels back and forth. He withdraws before saying anything. “Are we going to start?” I ask him. For the first time I am the one helping someone with the homework’s. Trace needed help with the chemistry homework. My eyes glances over the boxes in
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Museum Visit Report Jon Fairbanks Norton Simon Museum February 21.2013 Why did you visit this museum? I decided to visit this museum because I have been to the Getty museum and wanted to try something new. I have gone on tours of the famous Green and Green home in Pasadena and truly enjoyed it. I felt that a visit to this museum would be beneficial. How long were you at the museum? I was at the museum for approximately 3.5 hours. Which parts of the museum did you visit? I did a whole sweep
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Blink and You Miss It Questions: 1. Who is Sammy? 2. What is he doing? 3. Where does Sammy live? 4. What does Sammy make the narrator think about? 5. Who is the beach guru? 6. Who are the followers? 7. How does the narrator feel about him now? 8. Where in the world are they? 9. What is everyone looking forward to? 10. What is their major problem? 11. Why are the police angry? 12. How does the guru solve the problem? 13. Who is their dealer
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than others. These "outliers‚" as he calls them‚ are commonly thought to possess some sort of talent and intelligence far above a normal average person‚ but he also looks at this popular belief by looking at the background of some famous outliers. Gladwell begins his research in a small town of Roseto‚ Pennsylvania. The town is known for having a remarkably low rate of heart disease among its residents. After eliminating possible causes such as diet‚ genetics and other factors‚ researchers state that
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do extra credit for a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance. On Sunday‚ March 13‚ I went to the Museum of Tolerance with my sister. The first thing I noticed was you can’t bring camera to the Museum of Tolerance. As for me‚ I love taking picture and I was very disappointed. However‚ I went inside to the Museum of Tolerance and I kind of understand why you can’t bring camera to the museum. The Museum of Tolerance‚ in my opinion‚ is one of the best museums that were ever created. It tells the
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The book Outliers written by Maclolm Gladwell is a book about success. Throughout the book he gives numerous examples of how people have achieved and in some instances‚ not achieved success. Popular belief would suggest that people who are considered outliers have gotten there through hard work and innate talent. Gladwell however‚ suggest that something is contributing to people being able to seek the levels of success that would make them an outlier. Gladwell believes that hidden advantages‚ extraordinary
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McNeil Museum of Art Case Introduction The purpose of the McNeil Museum of Art (MMA) Integrated Marketing Plan is to increase the overall visibility and enhance the image of the museum. The museum’s purpose is to provide an inviting setting for the appreciation of art in its historical and cultural contexts for the benefit of this and successive generations of Fannel County citizens and visitors. The museum’s marketing efforts are meant to highlight the excellent artwork‚ history and education
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Success is determined by the opportunities given to you leading up to your success. Gladwell displays this in Outliers by telling us the story of a few very successful people. Gladwell tells us that “achievement is talent plus preparation” (38). So what kind of preparation are we talking about? Researchers have decided that the “magic number for true expertise is ten thousand hours” (40). Anders Ericsson and his two colleagues underwent studies trying to find out what made someone successful. They
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to be the reason that poor immigrants like Andrew Carnegie and college dropouts like Bill Gates achieved unimaginable wealth. Most of us were taught that working harder than anyone else would lead to ultimate success. While the author‚ Malcolm Gladwell‚ does not dispute that hard work in a necessary component‚ we learn that many factors‚ lucky breaks‚ and some coincidences all occur in making high achievers into true outliers. We also learn that many of the richest‚ most famous‚ and most successful
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