Most people seem to think this way, one person however, author Malcom Gladwell in his book “Outliers The Story of Success,” argues that the way we make sense of success is profoundly wrong. Gladwell then begins building his credibility using statistics surrounding the success of professional athletes, breaking down the success stories of many famous people, and successfully using appeals to ethos and…
Coaching and Athletic Biography Katie Hendrickson Sports have the power to not only teach individuals fundamental movements but with the right guidance can teach life skills that will aid them in future endeavors. Katie Hendrickson, a first-year student at Olds College, is taking the Sports Management Diploma. She has had many athletic experiences and achievements that have guided her to pursue a future occupation that involves giving back to the athletic community. Katie was born in Innisfail, Alberta and was raised on the family farm just outside of the hamlet of Spruce View, Alberta.…
No Longer in Modern Times: The Ogopogo This unsolved mystery project is revolved around the Ogopogo, which is a legendary sea monster told to inhabit the Okanagan lake, which is located in British Columbia, Canada. Sightings of the Ogopogo have been spotted in areas in British Columbia, though it has been seen in places other than Okanagan Lake. The history of the Ogopogo has traced back to earlier times in the 19th century (B.C). Through stories in the 19th century, the Ogopogo was seen by the First Nations as a water spirit that would give them a safe passage across the ocean if they pleased it, so they would throw a land animal into the water as a sacrifice. The Ogopogo has also been spotted in 1963-2011, where some spottings like in 1963, but it ended up not being real.…
In some ways, success can be negative because it heightens a person’s values to a fault. In The Odyssey, Odysseus becomes overconfident after he escapes Polyphemus and takes his search for Kleos too far. He shouts angrily, “Cyclops-/ if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so-say ODysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye, Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca!” (9.558-562). In response, Polyphemus throws a boulder which nearly hits Odysseus's ship.…
Every single sport has created a star that is considered the best, the one born to play, and the role model of the modern age. For instance, most people can name a player off the top of their head without a second thought. It's mind boggling how much influence they can have on young children growing up. High school and college players look up to these players as a prime examples of what they want to be like. Throughout history there have been athletes who've claimed the title as "Greatest of All Time" and set the foundation for up and coming athletes.…
There are many secrets to success that many of us do not know about. Success is a process that can take many years to achieve. All the people who became successful with millions or billions of dollars did not just get lucky. People usually think that they just become lucky with fame and money, but that is not true. Based on the novel Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell there are many theories on how people became successful, and if we knew about these theories then many more of us would be able to become successful in life.…
Writing Prompt Making decisions can be at certain times very easy, and other times very difficult. Decisions are made on a daily basis, for a great variety of different reasons. With some being bigger and more important then others these decisions require time to consider all the different possibilities and different results. In the short story, The Waters of Babylon, certain characters were put into tough situations and were forced to make some tough decisions.…
Does your school have a Spirit week? At konawaena high this is a one week of school pride and enjoyment in a standard school calendar year. This years Spirit week is composed of pajamas day, retro day, identical twin day, dynamic duo day, and everyone in Green day respectively. moreover it doesn't matter what themes a school chooses for Spirit week it depends on the amount of Spirit that is put into each day. Overall spirit week is chiefly significant due to school pride, higher morale, and social reasons.…
Success has powers that can take control of us in both positive and negative ways. Margaret Mead explains that success is great, it's the winning prize,but it can also affect us in many ways. She also explains that with being successful, we feel threatened by others who are more successful than us. Lastly, she says that Americans are confused with being successful and how we should react. I agree with Mead because success can come with positive outcomes,but it can also come with negative outcomes such as:/ No one cares how they get successful all they want is to get successful and how others envy others with different types of success.…
With one dramatic no, a major artist has just escalated the culture world’s war against Donald J. Trump. For more than 20 years, the artist Christo has worked tirelessly and spent $15 million of his own money to create a vast public artwork in Colorado that would draw thousands of tourists and rival the ambition of “The Gates,” the saffron transformation of Central Park that made him and Jeanne-Claude, his collaborator and wife, two of the most talked-about artists of their generation. But Christo said this week that he had decided to walk away from the Colorado project — a silvery canopy suspended temporarily over 42 miles of the Arkansas River — because the terrain, federally owned, has a new landlord he refuses to have anything to do with:…
Spirit week is a time for people to show their spirit for the school they go to, but is it necessary. Most school around the country have a week once a school year where people can participate in certain activities to show off their school spirit. Do schools really need it though. Even though students can express their school spirit, spirit week is not educational, can be a distraction, and is not particularly popular. For these reasons i believe that spirit week is not needed.…
For some people this applies very well, but there are people that have obtained popularity and wealth that are not successful. An example, a businessman spends all his time and effort working and become’s a workaholic. Sure he or she may make an incredible amount of money, but due to this he or she has missed some type of opportunity. What he or she could have missed out on is limitless which could have hindered the true meaning of success.…
To be successful one does not necessarily have to be rich and famous, but if one works hard for fame, and fortune it just makes it that much better when they achieve it. Second, accomplishments are very, very important, whether it is a personal one, or not a personal achievement. A lot of people have intentions that they would love to achieve, but not everyone has the chance to attempt to achieve them. Last, Jerry Rice, he is famous, and very fortunate man, he has accomplished more things than he probably thought he ever would, he is in the hall of fame, keep that in mind. All in all, success, is more than just being rich, or famous, but it is actually earning it, that…
Success comes in different forms Success is within the mind of the individual. A large portion of one’s life is spent working to be successful. Everyone is told throughout their childhood to work hard to become successful and make money, but success comes in many different forms. Everyone has different interpretations of what success means to them. For some, success is measured by social status and for others success is determined by happiness.…
The main goal of every person is to succeed, right? But true success does not come without failure. Success takes hard work, intelligence, humility, and failure leads to all three of these things. Money is to the root of all evil as failure is to the root of all true success. You must first fail in order to succeed.…