Malcolm Gladwell

before we were alive, or perhaps were we the only ones to explore the roads of life? Do we control how our existence plays out, or are we played by the hand of luck or a greater power from the start? Authors Malcolm Gladwell and William Ernest Henley toyed with their beliefs on this subject. Gladwell, writer of the short non-fiction titled Outliers: The Story of Success believes that we, as people, determine our futures through the efforts we put into everything we do. He uses different research…

alive, or perhaps were we the only ones to explore the roads of life? Do we control how our existence is to be played out, or are we played by the hand of luck or a greater power from the start? Authors Malcolm Gladwell and William Ernest Henley toyed with their beliefs on this subject. Gladwell, writer of the short non-fiction titled Outliers: The Story of Success believes that we, as people, determine our futures through the efforts we put into everything we do. He uses different research done…

Behavior can be defined as an individual’s response to an action. The provoked feeling that propels someone to move or strike is the behavior. Behavior is influenced by many different factors. Some examples of these factors could be one’s genetic makeup, environment or individual thoughts and feelings. What makes one person’s behavior uniquely different from another? The world is very diverse in means of different habits, cultures and sex. This diversity is what sets each individual behavior…

Power of Ambition We humans have always desired power and in decades, our ambitions have blinded us. What we are capable of doing to get what we want, might sometimes surprises us and afterwards leaves us unrecognisable. Even though the amount of power of ambition varies from person to person, the theme has at least created inspiration for many great stories. Some, which morals I will touch upon throughout this essay. First off, we have the famous Shakespeare play; Macbeth. A story in which…

CTP Final Paper To what extent does our subconscious will interfere with our ability to make solid choices? Throughout The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel M. Wegner and Blink, by Malcom Gladwell that is a prominent question that is presented to us the readers. That thought provoking question lead to me to look back on my past after reading both books. I became aware that many of the choices that I’ve made that I previously made, were often the result of another event or decision. That’s…

Malcom Gladwell, in his nonfictional book, “The Story of Success” establishes the reasons why some people are successful in their lives. He uses non fictional stories to solidify his point he was trying to make Gladwell claims that achieving successful can vary. Gladwell shows us that there is an alternate way of how people gain their success His purpose is that inherited gifts and abilities to individuals is not the reason why people are successful. To back up and to clarify his claim,…

Selling Author Malcom Gladwell’s book, Outliers, Gladwell states, “Researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours” (Gladwell). Could this be true? Can 10,000 hours really be all that is necessary for success? Gladwell’s claim 10,000 hours is a “magic number” for success is only half true, success is based on more than practice alone, genetic predisposition plays a heavy role as well. Gladwell based his “10,000 Hour Rule” on a 1993 paper…

share interesting stories about success, and not so successful people. It discusses how people are successful mostly because of luck; However, Gladwell continues to mention that it is NOT just luck that makes you successful, it is also hard work. Gladwell as well claims you need to practice something for 10,000 hours to be successful at it. Another point Gladwell makes is when he says that their number systems that are far…

The “10,000 Hour” phenomenon does not make an outlier as Gladwell proposes, it is a result, not the cause. Each of the “outliers” spent time, practiced their skill because they loved what they were doing. Gladwell quotes (Outliers, pg. 52) Bill Gates as saying “It was my obsession”. All of the “outliers” found their talent, loved it and spent as much time as they could learning and perfecting it. Gladwell uses Wolfgang Mozart as an example of the “10,000 Hour” phenomenon (Outliers, pg. 40)…

“We are so caught up in the myths of the best and brightest and the self made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth” (Gladwell 268). People believe that outliers come from nowhere, as if they have risen up from the earth. However, people also believe that dedication and talent create outliers. The truth is that what one is born into is what defines an individual. One’s social background forms the type of person you are and is what can define an outlier, one who stands apart from…