According to Malcolm Gladwell in his 2008 non-fiction book‚ Outliers: The Story of Success‚ extraordinary opportunities is when a person sees or is given an opportunity to do something and they take the opportunity‚ run with it and make the best out of it. In addition to extraordinary opportunities‚ Reese Witherspoon fits into
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“The outlier‚ in the end‚ is not an outlier at all.” Malcolm Gladwell’s‚ Outliers: The Story of Success‚ provokes reconsideration of the meaning of intelligence and success by challenging the traditional definition and concept of each word. Gladwell’s extensive research within the fields of sociology‚ psychology‚ and social psychology display his credibility regarding his critical analysis on success and its causes. In Outliers‚ Gladwell examines individuals who have reached high levels of success
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The story Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is described to be a “story of success”; in fact those are the exact words on the cover of the book. I would consider this book more of a story that is not only describing success‚ but how people that became successful were able to do it in the first place. Overall‚ this book gives extraordinary background stories on how people that many of us look up today‚ started out as just regular human beings like you and me. This book is a magnificent source of motivation
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Outliers Summary Success is mostly recognized by the person who succeeds‚ but most do not realize the factors that upturn someone to great success. In the book Outliers: The Story of Success‚ written by Malcolm Gladwell‚ lists prime examples of what it takes to be a true Outlier. An Outlier is someone that fits out of the ordinary and does not fit under the category of normal achievement. Gladwell demonstrates that almost all of society’s success stories are a paradigm; a pattern of fortunate events
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The Story of Success What is success? The Merriam-Webster definition states “success is the attainment of wealth‚ favor‚ or eminence.” However‚ is this success means to all of us? Does success mean becoming famous? Becoming a millionaire? Becoming the president of the United States? Or‚ is success defined by more personal issues such as getting into your dream college or passing an exam that you spent weeks preparing for? Success means something different to everyone; in my opinion‚ it is defined
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In result‚ I decided to read Outliers: The Story of Success‚ because I felt that the book would force me to think about ideas that I otherwise may not have as a junior in high school. For instance‚ my sister is a senior and working on the college application process. Sitting through information sessions with her‚ I recognized that being conscious of the future and success is valuable to understand in the upcoming years. I believe it is important that
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While I was reading Outliers: the story of success‚ I was introduced to many new ideas and concepts as well as explained things that I had thought about‚ but never quite understood why they were the way they are or realized the outcome. The examples that were most personal to me were how the time of year the hockey players were born affected their success and the rice paddies and the three components to satisfying work. I found
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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
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One says that success can always be earned through hard work‚ determination‚ and putting in a good effort. For example‚ it can be said for athletes that play a sport. Coach’s always preach practice and more practice for one to improve and better their skill. However‚ I would like to recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s book‚ Outliers‚ as one of the five finalist for the National Book Award because it gives tremendous insight and removes a sometimes negative connotation to the word “Outlier”.Stating that
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The concept of success is something that society has been obsessed with since the beginning of civilization. People constantly question: What defines success? What separates the successful from the normal? However‚ the most important question regarding the topic is: What does one need to become successful? Most consider the buildings blocks for success to be plenty of hard work‚ intrinsic skills‚ and a small amount of luck. However‚ some believe that success is not this simple‚ and that a number
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