Many people, like me, believe success generally presents itself in one of two ways, luck or hard work. Some of us get lucky and are born into a family of wealth and that pushes us ahead of our peers on the success rate while others spend hours of continuous practice to excel them beyond the average. Up until now I always believed success was what people made of their own situations. In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell argues that this belief is only partially true. Many factors contribute to making a person a successful outlier, such as uncontrollable opportunities or factors, hard work, community ties, practice, patronage and parentage. From my experiences, I found that true success lies within the midst of all these contributing
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He among others, find the little town of Roseto to be thriving in their health while everyone else is dying years before the Rosetans. After studies, it was acknowledged that the reason they had continued to be healthy is because their strong reliance on community. Everyone was thriving together. In a sense, my little hometown reminds me of Roseto. We believe there is no such thing as a stranger in our community; we watch out for one another and spend hours on end talking amongst ourselves. Having such a strong community, which supports all its members, made my decision to pursue the kicking position easier. From the very start, I had a group of people who supported me. Often, at my games, opposing players or fans would make rude comments about me being a female football player because they had not accepted the fact that more females are making their way into a predominately male sport. Even though I have tough skin, it still hurt to listen to all the hateful remarks. However, my community stood up for me and reminded me of all the accomplishments and stereotype barriers I was breaking. They encouraged me to keep pursuing football even if other teams did not like that I was playing. Sometimes when comments from ignorant opponents arose, I became physically, mentally, and emotionally shaken. When this happened, I continued to remind myself that my community helped me be successful and I owed it to them to continue to be the best football kicker I would
He among others, find the little town of Roseto to be thriving in their health while everyone else is dying years before the Rosetans. After studies, it was acknowledged that the reason they had continued to be healthy is because their strong reliance on community. Everyone was thriving together. In a sense, my little hometown reminds me of Roseto. We believe there is no such thing as a stranger in our community; we watch out for one another and spend hours on end talking amongst ourselves. Having such a strong community, which supports all its members, made my decision to pursue the kicking position easier. From the very start, I had a group of people who supported me. Often, at my games, opposing players or fans would make rude comments about me being a female football player because they had not accepted the fact that more females are making their way into a predominately male sport. Even though I have tough skin, it still hurt to listen to all the hateful remarks. However, my community stood up for me and reminded me of all the accomplishments and stereotype barriers I was breaking. They encouraged me to keep pursuing football even if other teams did not like that I was playing. Sometimes when comments from ignorant opponents arose, I became physically, mentally, and emotionally shaken. When this happened, I continued to remind myself that my community helped me be successful and I owed it to them to continue to be the best football kicker I would