Gladwell is right when he says “that success is no determined solely by talent and that successful people work much, much harder than others.” Gladwell uses the idea in chapter two “The 10,000-hour Rule. “The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires a critical minimum level of practice surfaces again and again in studies of expertise,”(Gladwell 40) It is saying that success is based on preparation and practice. It also says in chapter one “he is a self-made man” which is the measure of how he associates success with his individual efforts”(page 18). In conclusion he states that you have to work for your success and it is not handed to
