Outlier

of what an outlier is. According to the dictionary, outlier means a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system. If you ask me, an outlier is someone who figures out the solution to a problem that someone else couldn’t. Malcolm Gladwell’s definition of an outlier is a person that works hard to be successful and its intelligence is far above than an average person. In The Outliers, Gladwell shows us his beliefs by giving us a short summary of his chosen outliers.…

Unfolding over a total of nine chapters in two components, in additament to a prologue and epilogue, Outliers commences with a visual examination of outliers, defined by Gladwell as extraordinary people who are on the far reaches of achievement and defy the odds. The book commences by observing that a disproportionate number of elite Canadian hockey players are born in the first few months of the calendar year. Because youth hockey leagues determine eligibility by calendar year, the older kids…

Many people believe that success correlates with talent and hard work of an individual person. Contradicting this belief, Malcolm Gladwell states in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, that success is seized opportunities and advantages that only certain people get. Gladwell claims that advantages like social class, date of birth, family background, and luck is what determines the likelihood of success. Despite that he has strong evidence that supports these claims he overlooks the…

Outlier is a book about how one becomes successful, why people aren’t or how they achieve their success. If I were to sum up the entire piece of work in a few words it would be interesting statistics and stories compiled into one. This book was actually decent, its main goal is to describe why people are so successful and 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…

Are you in pursuit of mastering certain talent? In the novel, Outliers, that author states that in order to achieve excellence in a hobby, one must practice for 10,000 hours in their lifetime. This statement is effective today. Some people may contradict with this point of view because they are lazy, or they feel that 10,000 hours in an unachievable goal. Many individuals do not want to put forth the effort that is required. Also, some athletes, for example, believe that natural talent is…

ourselves before others. However, in Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, he gives a different meaning of being prosperous. Everyone has their own definition of prosperity, but for me it’s staying fully gratified and financially successful. Emerson focuses on inner well-being for instance keeping yourself pleased, and to have your…

The Book I chose to read was Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. The reason I chose this book is because I have read other books by Malcolm Gladwell and find the psychology explained in his previous quite fascinating. There are several factors that I have learned from this book. First, success does not happen by chance. Second, Success takes very hard work, and third, people become successful as a result of a favorable background which propels them to success. The first point I am discussing:…

Proessfor Causey English 1101 3 Demeber 2015 A Review of the book “Outlier” by Malcom Gladwell Malcom Gladwell has numerous bestsellers books under his belt, but what is important is the thought-provoking issues that he raises. To most he is good at applying scientific researches to drive his findings. The interpretations and conclusions he gives to those research studies are unique. In this paper, I will give a review of his book titled “Outliers” intended for people who pursue self-development…

practice. In Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, psychologist K. Anders Ericsson leads a study of violinists that were split into stars, merely “good” and, unsuccessful categories. At the end of the study Ericsson learned the star violinist had roughly a total of ten thousand hours of practice increasing each week as they aged, merely “good” violinist played a total of eight thousand hours, and unsuccessful violinist played a total of four thousand hours. Similar to Outliers: The…

case of déjà vu after reading the Outliers chapter. For a while, I’ve taken interest in watching a documentary series called Air Crash Investigation. Many of the flights described in this chapter had an episode dedicated to their study that I watched several times. After reading the chapter and watching the series, I know that pilots have to be extremely alert when flying an airplane, especially in regard to their word choices. One of the flights described in Outliers, Avianca flight 52, ran out…