Examples Of Geniuses In Malcom Gladwell's Outliers

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When thinking about geniuses such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and their success, we never seem to be aware of how they developed those articulate skills. In Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, I was able to realize those who are considered geniuses are over-rated. Their intellectual prosperity isn’t some form of natural or intuitive ability rather than the matter of luck and opportunity. In the book, the example of Bill Gate’s privileged childhood was given. The timing of his childhood was perfect such that he started to attend free programming clubs at Lakeside School sponsored by the University of Washington. With this given opportunity, he was able to commit a ton of his time by practicing his skills over and over again, but what does this have
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