To be successful, you need more than talent. You have to have opportunities and practice. The Beatles had the Opportunity to preform 40 hours a week at Hamburg which gave them plenty of practice all because they had the opportunity. Malcolm Gladwell talks about this in the first two parts of his book. I would recommend this book to everyone because of the lessons it teaches.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Outliers summary
I am currently reading Outliers for my independent reading novel. I decided to change books at the last second because my dad recommended this book to me. It is written my Malcolm Gladwell who is also the author The Tipping Point and Blink. These books are all about success and how it is achieved. In Outliers, he takes some of the most successful people and shows how that person succeeded. He looks at people like Bill Gates, The Beatles, Bill Joy, and The Medicine Hat Tigers. He finds patterns in there success. One thing that he found is that the best of the best practice 10,000+ hours until they are the best at whatever they do.
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My dad also recomended my book to me and yes I have also heard that if you practice something for 10,000 hours you're a pro
ReplyDeleteI would like to read that book sometime. I bet I could learn a lot from it.
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