Outlier

authors, David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell, take two different positions on this subject. The author of The Sports Gene, David Epstein, concludes that innate physical ability is an advantage over athletic practice. Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Outliers: The Story of Success, argues that preparation is more important than innate talent. With strong evidence and logical reasoning, Gladwell builds a more convincing argument to support the claim that humans forge their own successful destinies…

In the short story “Outliers: The Story of Success,” author Malcolm Gladwell claims that to become a successful musician, practice plays a bigger role than talent. First, Gladwell supports his claim by adding in statistics from a survey taken in the early 1990’s by a psychologist named K. Anders Ericsson. The survey consisted of three groups of violinists. The first group was made of stars who had the potential to become “world-class soloists.” The second group contained “merely ‘good’” players…

Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers-The Story of Success, gives a unique view on the subject of success. Gladwell disparages the standard “rags to riches” stories, where an individual can rise to success solely because of individual merit and talent. He argues that one’s circumstances and external forces hold a significant amount of importance in regards to achieving success. Through Gladwell’s analysis on success stories such as Bill Gates and the Beatles, he deems a mixture of one’s upbringing,…

or has to be some grand achievement. However, wealth does not always equate to money. A student could finish a project two weeks prior to a deadline and deem that achievement a success. Success is an ideal measured by the individual. In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell provides a theory of two major components for why the successful are successful: opportunity and legacy. In the first half of his book, Gladwell introduces opportunity as a key to success. Without being…

questions what makes people successful and states his views of what success really is. In the modern world Majority of human beings believe that success comes from being confident and fresh minded. Contrary to belief, Malcolm Gladwell, in his book the outliers: the story of success,…

fate, and every things fate is connected. On the other hand, in the novel “Outliers” written by Malcolm Gladwell, he presents a case study that evaluates musicians, comparing their status as a musician to the amount of time they practice. Using compare and contrast, description, and experet opinoin from reliable sources…

cover to cover, the book “Outliers” is filled with great quotes and important life lessons. Some specific quotes and lessons from the book, “Outliers” will carry on with me as I enter into my college years and later, into adulthood. I know that I will keep these quotes tucked in the back of my head as I face challenging decisions and whatever other unexpected hardships life may decide to throw my way. The chapter that stuck out to me the most from the book, “Outliers” was chapter one.…

In the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, he discuses success and what it takes to achieve it. Though Gladwell makes many points in his argument about success in Outliers that I do not agree with, there is one, where he states “…if you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires” (Gladwell 151). His statement rings with many due to of how it connects with many people as well as the actual results many experience from it. So to…

In today’s society, what makes a person an outlier? How do people become outliers? In the novel Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, these questions are discussed and answered throughout the entire novel. The sole purpose of this novel is to discuss how some of the many people in today’s society and in the past can be defined as “outliers” and how they obtained that title. During the novel, the author discusses how people who are successful are only successful due a great opportunity, lots of hard work…

People say there is a correlation between intelligence and high achievement in life. A person who is at the pinnacle of the intelligence scale is more likely to accomplish the greatest triumphs in life. However, according the book Outliers: the story of success written by Malcolm Gladwell talents and brilliances are not the only elements that contribute high achievement in life. From what I have read and my experiences, the length of the school year and good communication skills are also the…