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Success is something everyone wants to achieve and many are willing to do anything to feel successful. If someone wants to reach success they need to put in effort, practice everyday and willing to go through failure. Many well known scientists, authors, and therapists like Carol Dweck, Angela Duckworth, Jay Mathews, and Daniel Keyes agree with this statement because they shared information and thoughts through articles and videos. Effort is the first step to being successful, Based on Carol…

According to an interview that I interviewed a friend who is a successful entrepreneur called Alex Johnson via a phone call, success is living one’s life to the very fullest of one’s designed mission and initial plan since birth. He said that a child is born naked of thought and reason just like a computer is bought, empty, without software that control and instruct the computer to perform tasks as the user would desire. However, a child has something laid down in their DNA that defines who they…

A Rhetorical Analysis of a Central Argument in Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers In his acclaimed novel Outliers, a book that details the various factors that contribute to success, Malcolm Gladwell aims to convince his audience of the simple yet powerful assertion that success cannot simply be attributed to the choices one makes, but rather that it is a product of opportunity. “Outliers are those who have been given opportunities — and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them”,…

How to get unstuck in your life is the focus of this book from Miller, which looks at high- achieving people who nevertheless got stalled and pulled themselves out. Jody Miller’s book guides the reader through some inspirational accounts of how people broke their personsl or professional stalemates to reach new levels of satisfaction through insights, mentoring or other inner shift of focus. The forward is written by Brad Feld, an example of the type of person Miller is featuring in the book.…

MWA #1 In the article, Success: Entering the Mirror Maze, Dr. Hightower, an experienced high school teacher of 19 years, expresses his opinion on people’s incapability of having a growth mindset and their inadvertent retainment of fixed mindsets. During the period when the competitive society only appreciates obvious successes, Dr. Hightower believes that the society and the aspiring and passionate people who constantly strive to achieve their dreams have concluded that success is virtually…

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a non-fiction book written in 2008. “Outlier” is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside of normal experience. Gladwell explains he’s “interested in people who are outliers—in men and women who, for one reason or another, are so accomplished and so extraordinary and so outside of ordinary experience” (Gladwell.com). Gladwell writes books when he finds himself returning to the same themes again and again. He explains, “The book grew out…

This course is the grand finale of my studies to obtain my associate degree. I have completed several courses that involved formal writing and I feel this class was a great conclusion to the first part of my educational journey. As I reflect on the past eight weeks, I would describe this Cornerstone Seminar course as very educational and a bit overwhelming. This last assignment is my digital portfolio of my writing and research technique throughout this course. Beginning with Malcolm…

Since childhood, students are told to work towards a goal or to improve a specific skill for it. However, after reading the first two chapters of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, I noticed that it could not be worked on your entire life. It’s only a mere coincidence of opportunities and success based on events they have partaken in. Once the opportunity comes up, they are quickly taken and are used to be led into success. Famous celebrities such as sportsmen, actors or political figure can say it…

The Story of Success, is Malcom Gladwell's convincing attempt to challenge the way success has classically been viewed. Gladwell's context, voice and identification of his audience help him adequately impart his message. In chapters three and four, titled "The Trouble with Geniuses" Gladwell recounts highly intellectual people's stories of success or lack thereof. He explains in a clear and straight-forward manner how they got there. It is through his writing style that Gladwell gains the…

In his most recent bestseller, “Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell examines the many different layers of success; how did the best of the best attain wealth, recognition, and happiness (not necessarily in that order) while doing something they generally enjoyed. How much did arbitrary advantages and disadvantages affect the success rate of these people and what had the biggest impact: these arbitrary aforementioned things or the many hours of hard work they put in? Gladwell has planted the many seeds…