Trang Tran trang.tran@asu.edu Final Paper I was thinking so hard to find a leader person who has big impact on me. When I look back and ask myself what influences me the most, my answer is book. I read a lot of books, most of them are non-fiction and science books. My two favorite authors are Malcolm Gladwell and Ryan Holidays. But for this final paper, I will write about Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker writer and best-seller author, his books have big influence on me. He is the one who changed the way I think about the world, answered many questions I had for years and helped me discover my interest to psychology books. I used to read a lot of self-motivation books, but then I realized that psychology is fundamentals of human behavior and thinking. I finished every Malcolm Gladwell book ever wrote. Long time ago, my friend introduced me The Tipping Point, then I started reading Blink. Next, I covered Outlier, What the Dog saw, and the last book is David and Goliath. He has a stark and unique ability to look at the work around him and think critically.
Malcolm Gladwell is the master of analyzing conventional wisdom and get powerful conclusions that challenge what we think we already know. His books contain insightful …show more content…
This book is no less interesting than all his four previous books. Before reading it, I thought David had use willpower and resilience to win over his strong opponent Goliath, but the book is more than that. It helped me see different perspectives we usually see strengths and weaknesses, blessing and misfortune, advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes, what we think is misfortune is a motivation make other people work harder to become an expert in their field, and advantage cannot lead to the best outcome. Gladwell collected historic events and stories of high successful people to illsutrate
Malcolm Gladwell is the master of analyzing conventional wisdom and get powerful conclusions that challenge what we think we already know. His books contain insightful …show more content…
This book is no less interesting than all his four previous books. Before reading it, I thought David had use willpower and resilience to win over his strong opponent Goliath, but the book is more than that. It helped me see different perspectives we usually see strengths and weaknesses, blessing and misfortune, advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes, what we think is misfortune is a motivation make other people work harder to become an expert in their field, and advantage cannot lead to the best outcome. Gladwell collected historic events and stories of high successful people to illsutrate