When thinking of successful people you automatically think about how hard people have worked to be successful. In the Outliers book "Malcolm Gladwell" argues that we should look at the world that surrounds successful people. For instance their culture, family, experiences, and their upbringing. Gladwell has made an interesting argument about how people become successful. In this paper, I will be talking about how Bradley Byrne, US Representative for Alabama became successful using some information from Gladwell’s arguments.
Gladwell wants to convince readers that different kinds of explanations of success don 't work, people rise from nothing. It really makes a difference where and when people grew up. He says, "it 's not enough to ask what …show more content…
Bradley has gone to multiple colleges and has had many different experiences that has helped him become successful. In outliers gladwell previously mentioned how it makes a difference where people grow up and how it takes a certain amount of time to practice your field in order to be successful. I agree with gladwells point but I disagree with what he says in his arguments. It doesn’t take a specific amount of time to practice your field. If an individual wants to get better at what they do they will spend more and more time practicing to achieve their goal. This also goes with where people grow up from. It doesn’t matter where people come from, it all about the experience you have and how dedicated you are to reaching your certain …show more content…
When Bradley was younger his grandfather was shot and killed by a mentally ill person. Before the shooting, the shooter “De Van” had been in an asylum twice but was "pronounced well about three years” before the shooting. Every since Byrne’s grandfathers death he has been working to change mental health policy. Byrne’s main problem is that there are too many people in America with mental health problems and are able to get guns without getting treatment. Even though Byrne’s family was involved with gun violence, he doesn 't think Obama 's curbing access to guns is the right way to go.
Byrne never really talks much about his family’s past until he came to Congress and a number of shootings by mentally ill people were all over the news. He felt he needed to share his story to help make a change. Byrne has spent a lot of time thinking and strategizing ways to change health policy. This was one of the main reasons why Byrne ran for congress.
On the daily television news coverage video, Byrne talks about how he is a candidate for governor in 2010. During this time Byrne mentions his priorities throughout the election will be based on the 3 E’s; Economic development, education, and ethics reform. Byrne said he made his final decision to run for governor after the legislator failed to pass any ethics
Gladwell wants to convince readers that different kinds of explanations of success don 't work, people rise from nothing. It really makes a difference where and when people grew up. He says, "it 's not enough to ask what …show more content…
Bradley has gone to multiple colleges and has had many different experiences that has helped him become successful. In outliers gladwell previously mentioned how it makes a difference where people grow up and how it takes a certain amount of time to practice your field in order to be successful. I agree with gladwells point but I disagree with what he says in his arguments. It doesn’t take a specific amount of time to practice your field. If an individual wants to get better at what they do they will spend more and more time practicing to achieve their goal. This also goes with where people grow up from. It doesn’t matter where people come from, it all about the experience you have and how dedicated you are to reaching your certain …show more content…
When Bradley was younger his grandfather was shot and killed by a mentally ill person. Before the shooting, the shooter “De Van” had been in an asylum twice but was "pronounced well about three years” before the shooting. Every since Byrne’s grandfathers death he has been working to change mental health policy. Byrne’s main problem is that there are too many people in America with mental health problems and are able to get guns without getting treatment. Even though Byrne’s family was involved with gun violence, he doesn 't think Obama 's curbing access to guns is the right way to go.
Byrne never really talks much about his family’s past until he came to Congress and a number of shootings by mentally ill people were all over the news. He felt he needed to share his story to help make a change. Byrne has spent a lot of time thinking and strategizing ways to change health policy. This was one of the main reasons why Byrne ran for congress.
On the daily television news coverage video, Byrne talks about how he is a candidate for governor in 2010. During this time Byrne mentions his priorities throughout the election will be based on the 3 E’s; Economic development, education, and ethics reform. Byrne said he made his final decision to run for governor after the legislator failed to pass any ethics