Jason Di Loreto
Proessfor Causey
English 1101
3 Demeber 2015
A Review of the book “Outlier” by Malcom Gladwell
Malcom Gladwell has numerous bestsellers books under his belt, but what is important is the thought-provoking issues that he raises. To most he is good at applying scientific researches to drive his findings. The interpretations and conclusions he gives to those research studies are unique. In this paper, I will give a review of his book titled “Outliers” intended for people who pursue self-development in their profession or any area of their lives that they would want to improve. Essentially, this review shall be published in the Huffington post.
The book has two important sections, titled “Opportunity” and “Legacy”, the first section …show more content…
The concept of preparation relies on the theme of “10,000 hour rule” which entirely depends on the scientific study conducted by Anders Ericsson. The author asserts that greatness required in one to invest a lot of time in a particular area of choice is to achieve the desirable end. In this case, he cites Microsoft founder, Bill Gates and the musical geniuses of the Beatles as perfect examples of those people that invested a great deal of time to become great in their respective areas. Gladwell points out that the Beatles during their time in Germany, they were able to perform a total of 1200 times between the years 1960 to 1964. The author notes that there performances had accumulated to ten thousand hours of playing time thereby complying with the rule “practice makes …show more content…
Throughout the book the author repeats to his readers that the element of geniuses is not all that is needed to spur one to success. As stated earlier Gladwell is very clever in using anecdotes. For instance, to exemplify the smaller role of intelligence in the road to success, he employs an anecdote of Christopher Langan. Suprisingly the man in his life only owned a horse farm in rural Missouri despite the fact that he had an IQ of 195. His IQ was greater than the world acclaimed Physicist Albert Einstein who had an IQ of 150 (Gladwell 60). The author notes that this misery experienced by Langan was as a result of his surrounding background that did not offer any incentives for him to utilize his exceptional
Proessfor Causey
English 1101
3 Demeber 2015
A Review of the book “Outlier” by Malcom Gladwell
Malcom Gladwell has numerous bestsellers books under his belt, but what is important is the thought-provoking issues that he raises. To most he is good at applying scientific researches to drive his findings. The interpretations and conclusions he gives to those research studies are unique. In this paper, I will give a review of his book titled “Outliers” intended for people who pursue self-development in their profession or any area of their lives that they would want to improve. Essentially, this review shall be published in the Huffington post.
The book has two important sections, titled “Opportunity” and “Legacy”, the first section …show more content…
The concept of preparation relies on the theme of “10,000 hour rule” which entirely depends on the scientific study conducted by Anders Ericsson. The author asserts that greatness required in one to invest a lot of time in a particular area of choice is to achieve the desirable end. In this case, he cites Microsoft founder, Bill Gates and the musical geniuses of the Beatles as perfect examples of those people that invested a great deal of time to become great in their respective areas. Gladwell points out that the Beatles during their time in Germany, they were able to perform a total of 1200 times between the years 1960 to 1964. The author notes that there performances had accumulated to ten thousand hours of playing time thereby complying with the rule “practice makes …show more content…
Throughout the book the author repeats to his readers that the element of geniuses is not all that is needed to spur one to success. As stated earlier Gladwell is very clever in using anecdotes. For instance, to exemplify the smaller role of intelligence in the road to success, he employs an anecdote of Christopher Langan. Suprisingly the man in his life only owned a horse farm in rural Missouri despite the fact that he had an IQ of 195. His IQ was greater than the world acclaimed Physicist Albert Einstein who had an IQ of 150 (Gladwell 60). The author notes that this misery experienced by Langan was as a result of his surrounding background that did not offer any incentives for him to utilize his exceptional