“Success is the result of what sociologists like to call ‘accumulative advantage.’” In Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers: The Story of Success (Outliers), he coherently argues that many mass assumptions about success do not hold up to scrutiny. Before Gladwell can argue that many of the assumptions held by the public are false, he has to show that there are general assumptions held by the public. Malcolm Gladwell exposes these assumptions about success through articulate storytelling. He begins…
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comes to success, we are taught from day one that hard work, perseverance and the will to succeed would overcome any obstacle. Every day, the stories of success can be shared and used to inspire others who hope to one day reach similar happiness. The extremely incredible entrepreneur who rose from rags to riches or the tale of the underdog sports team that surprised all competitors and won the championship are the stories that continuously drive the dreams of individuals and make success seem possible…
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and Malcolm Gladwell, both authors have two opposing views on this subject. The author of The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance, David Epstein says, innate talent beats hard work. The author, Malcolm Gladwell, in his story, Outliers: The Story of Success, claims efficient work overpowers natural talent. Gladwell answers the question better of "how much of our lives we control." To start off, in the story, Outliers: The Story of Success, written by Malcolm Gladwell…
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The novel “Outliers : A Story of Success”, by Malcolm Gladwell, isn’t just a simple novel. It shows the difference in each individual person. It also defines the characteristics of one person. For example, Gladwell explains that every person has a failure and a success story. He makes it clear that an outlier is a person who is given an opportunity at the right moment in time, and knows how to take advantage of the moment to order to carve his path to success. “Outliers are those who have been given…
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Outliers: The Story of Success, it is a book written by Malcolm Gladwell, it talks about what makes some people more successful than others. the author of the book, tries to make it clear that in order to become a successful person, it is not enough just to have talent being intelligent far above the average person, but he defies this popular belief by looking at the background of some remarkable outliers. like Steve Job and Bill Gates. Outliers structure is based on the case studies that Gladwell…
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Outliers, some say they are extremely lucky, others say they worked harder than anyone else, but the truth is they were both. In order to become an outlier, everything in your life starting with what year you were born, has to work out perfectly, even your parents jobs has an impact on your whole life. Malcolm Gladwell is a #1 National Bestseller Author of the book Outliers: The Story of Success. All throughout his book he compares the most miniscule similarities and differences of outliers in the…
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Outliers, a 2008 book by Malcolm Gladwell, focuses on what he calls "outliers," a term used in statistics to describe a data point "that lies an abnormal distance from other values in a random sample from a population." (National Institute of Standards) Gladwell applies this concept to understanding human outliers, people whose achievements appear extraordinary in some way. ("Q and A") In Outliers, Gladwell attempts to understand the causes of extraordinary achievements or successes, arguing that…
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practices to become excellent. In Malcolm Gladwell's “Outliers: The Story of Success,” he evaluated that if a person works hard, practices for 10,000, hours, then they will be perfect. First, Malcolm investigated that a person must work hard. Malcolm analyzed that to be the best a person can be, that person has to put in the effort. “... the people at the very top don’t work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.” (Malcolm Gladwell). This means that the person…
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Cruise to Oprah Winfrey, uplifting tales of success follow the celebrities like shadows well be beyond their career and act as a symbol to their strength and independence. However, Malcolm Gladwell believes that these stories should not be viewed as the sorrowing challenges that they overcame—these stories should be seen as the advantages that propelled the successful and allowed them to get where they are today. In other words, these heartfelt stories about a difficult past should be seen as advantageous…
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Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers” could have been written for me. Over the last twenty five years, I have pondered the question “what makes one successful”? Oddly enough I have found different answers to this question at different times in my life. Recently I began searching again to get better understanding of what I needed to do in my life to become more successful. During the time my girls grew up, I was a single parent. It always seemed there was a need to be able to do more for them. This…
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