Estridge Padgett Engl 1101 12/2/13 Success: Freewill or Destiny? Success is not a random act. t arises out o!

a "redicta#le and "ower!ul set o! circumstances and o""ortunities$%&ladwell 1''(. n )alcolm &ladwell*s #oo+ ,utliers: -.e Story o! Success/ .e discusses multi"le met.ods o! gaining success and t.e way t.ey are ac.ie0ed. 1.en &ladwell tal+s a#out success/ .e gi0es e2am"les !rom multi"le 0iew"oints t.at all wor+ toget.er in e2"laining a common idea. 3is idea is t.at success is di!!erent !or e0eryone/ and t.at it is #ased on t.e o""ortunities gi0en to an indi0idual/ and .ow t.ey .andle t.ese o""ortunities.

,ne o! t.e 0ery !irst met.ods t.at &ladwell discusses/ is de!initely one in w.ic. .e goes into de"t. wit.. -.e conce"t o! determination and "ractice is one o! t.e most im"ortant as"ects o! #ecoming success!ul. 4.a"ter 3 is almost com"letely a#out t.is idea o! determination/ and t.e ma5ority tal+s a#out t.e 10/000 .our rule$. -.is rule s.ows t.e im"ortance o! time "ut into an acti0ity. &ladwell says t.at in order to inde!initely #ecome success!ul6 an e2treme amount o! time must #e "ut into somet.ing to #ecome good enoug. at it to ac.ie0e success. t is said to ta+e a#out 10 years to "ut in 10/000 .ours o! "ractice w.ic. is .ow long it too+ many success!ul indi0iduals to ac.ie0e t.ere greatness/ suc. as )o7art. t.in+ t.at &ladwell includes t.e rule #ecause it e2"lains .ow someone #ecomes an e2"ert. ,nce t.e 10/000 .ours are "ut in/ a "erson is "ro!icient enoug. at t.eir tas+ to #e a#le to identi!y an o""ortunity/ and ta+e it. 8s an 19 year old college student/ !eel li+e am too young to .a0e ac.ie0ed t.is goal o! 10/000 .ours. -.is

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e2"lains w.y more success!ul indi0iduals are older/ #ecause t.ey .a0e .ad time to #ecome a "ro!essional at w.at t.ey do. Practice isn*t t.e t.ing you do once you*re good. t*s t.e t.ing you do t.at ma+es you good$%&ladwell :2(. Success cannot 5ust #e easily gained6 it ta+es years o! "ractice and "erse0erance to #ecome truly great at a tas+.

n t.e c.a"ter directly !ollowing t.e one a#o0e/ &ladwell goes onto discuss w.at mysel! consider to #e t.e most im"ortant and most interesting conce"t. -.e idea is t.at indi0idual intelligence is not nearly enoug. to #ecome success. -.e most intelligent "eo"le/ suc. as ;ill <angen discussed in t.is c.a"ter said to .a0e one o! t.e all=time .ig.est >*s/ are almost una#le to gain success wit.out ot.er as"ects dealing wit. "ersonality. n t.is c.a"ter/ t.e main idea is t.at it ta+es a sense o! "ersona#ility and em"at.y on to" o! o0erall intelligence in order to #ecome success!ul. ntelligence is im"ortant/ #ut intelligence is not always 0iewed as #oo+ smarts. 8 lot o! times it ta+es common sense intelligence and #eing a#le to read ot.ers. From "ersonal e2"eriences .a0e learned t.at #eing a#le to relate to ot.ers and .old a ?uality con0ersation can #e a .uge "art o! wor+ing ones way u" t.e ladder o! success. 8s a !ormer em"loyee o! 3arris -eeter/ learned !irst.and .ow im"ortant it was to #e "ersona#le. was only ca"a#le o! wor+ing my way u" as a cas.ier to a )anager Position #ecause o! my a#ility to sociali7e wit. customers/ and gi0e t.em w.at t.ey wanted #e!ore t.ey e0en reali7ed t.ey wanted it. )y "arents were #ot. .uge on networ+ing/ and made sure was t.e same. ;y sociali7ing/ you are a#le to e2"and your networ+/ gi0ing you more ac?uaintances t.at may #e a#le to aid you in your ?uest !or success.

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-.e ne2t conce"t is one t.at &ladwell seems to s"end t.e most time discussing. 8lmost t.e entire last .al! o! t.e #oo+ is used to e2"lain t.e e!!ect t.at culture o! origin .as on #ecoming success!ul. -.e !irst e2am"le is t.e story o! attorney @ose". Flom and .ow is @ewis. origin allowed .im to wor+ .ard and diligently in a way most "eo"le loo+ed "ast/ in order to ac.ie0e .is success. -.roug.out t.e ne2t !ew c.a"ters/ &ladwell goes into detail on se0eral cultures t.at .el"ed "eo"le #ecome success!ul due to t.e ideas and conce"ts t.at t.e culture !ocuses its learning*s on. -.is idea t.at culture gi0es indi0iduals di!!erent attri#utes t.at are im"ortant !or success is a 0ery interesting and not so o!ten recogni7ed conce"t. 3owe0er/ &ladwell .el"s t.e reader understand its im"ortance and t.at success is not always gained in t.e way most "eo"le t.in+ it is. -.is is a conce"t t.at directly agree wit./ #ecause de"ending on w.ere "eo"le are !rom/ s.a"es t.e "erson t.ey #ecome. Di!!erent cultures raise t.eir citi7ens in di!!erent ways/ suc. as t.e sout. #eing raised to understand t.e conce"t o! .onor/ and t.ose in 8sian cultures/ s"eci!ically wor+ers on rice "addies as discussed in t.e #oo+/ #eing raised to understand t.e idea o! .ard wor+ in w.at seems to #e minuscule to ot.ers. 1.o we are cannot #e se"arated !rom w.ere weAre !rom$ %&ladwell 130(. &ladwell means t.at t.e "erson we are destined to #ecome is largely in!luenced #y w.ere we are !rom/ and t.at cannot #e c.anged. Bo matter t.e circumstances/ a "erson*s origin will always #e associated wit. w.at t.at "erson is li+e. Some may re!er to t.is conce"t as a stereoty"e/ would rat.er call it cultural di!!erentiation #ecause w.at may #e acce"ted in our society/ can #e a "olar o""osite o! t.at o! anot.er country. -.is o!ten "oses a t.reat to immigrants on t.eir searc. !or success #ecause culture can "lay a .uge role in w.o a com"any may .ire.

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Finally/ t.e conce"t t.at in0ol0es ones indi0idual status/ and !amily status. Cn!ortunately/ t.is is a 0ery im"ortant conce"t in success/ un!ortunate #ecause it is not somet.ing t.at an indi0idual can c.ange. &ladwell tal+s a#out .ow a lot o! times/ it is easier to #ecome success!ul i! one*s !amily is success!ul. n order to gain success/ o!ten times you .a0e to +now t.e rig.t "eo"le/ .a0e t.e rig.t connections/ t.ose w.o will guide you and .el" you gain e2cellence. n a !amily t.at is originally success!ul/ it is muc. more con0enient #ecause t.ey .a0e t.e resources needed to #ecome success!ul. -.ey also o!ten understand w.at it ta+es to #ecome great/ and can .el" "ass down t.e ideas o! .ow to #ecome success!ul t.roug. t.e generations. &ladwell says in .is #oo+ t.at we are "risoners o! our et.nic .istory$ w.ic. ser0es as a 0ery #old statement/ #ut is one t.at de!initely agree wit.. -.is does not necessarily mean we are stuc+ !or good/ #ut our #ac+ground de!initely ser0es as a #asis to .ow success!ul we are a#le to #ecome. Bot to say no one .as e0er #ro+en out o! t.eir et.nic .istory/ it .as #een done "lenty o! times. 1it. t.at said/ one o! t.e most trut.!ul sayings is it is not necessarily 138- you +now/ #ut o!ten 13, you +now$.

&ladwell wrote t.is #oo+ to .el" readers understand w.at it ta+es to #ecome someone w.o is success!ul. -.ose w.o can o#tain success/ .e considers to #e ,C-< EDS/ t.ose w.o stand out. -.is idea o! standing out$ is t.e most im"ortant as"ect o! success. 3owe0er/ it is not success in money t.at &ladwell "rimarily discusses. 8lt.oug. t.is is a !orm o! success/ it can also come in t.e state o! .a""iness/ or im"ortance. -.e ideas discussed in t.is essay are t.e "rimary as"ects o! #ecoming success!ul/ t.oug. t.ey are not t.e only ones. &ladwell does not intend to tell you .ow to #ecome success!ul/ #ut more or less .el"s one understand .ow ot.ers

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.a0e gained t.eir success. 3e lea0es it to t.e reader to decide w.ic. t.ey #elie0e can wor+/ and w.ic. ones will not.