So far I have read just about 100 pages in my book "Outliers". And this blog is going to be about what I have learned throughout the first 1/3 of this novel. (If you haven't figured that out from the title yet)
The first part of this book talks bout how you need not only talent, but you need lots of practice and opportunities. For an example of an opportunity, The Beatles, they are the most well known band across the world. They had a great opportunity to preform at Hamburg--although they did not preform here because of the high pay there or the conditions. In fact they were not great. But they practiced here because of the amount of time they get to preform on stage. They would preform almost 8 hours a day on a daily basis. This was an ideal opportunity for the Beatles and was a big key to there success as a band. Malcolm Gladwell states, "The Beatles ended up traveling to Hamburg 5 times between 1960 and 1962. On the first trip they played 106 nights, 5 or more hours a night. On their second trip, they played 92 times. On their third trip, they played 48 times, for a total of 172 hours on stage. The last two hamburg gigs, in November and December of 1962,involved another 90 hours of performing." Malcolm uses an anaphora in a way. He repeats "on the _____ trip". He uses this example to show the reader how much the Beatles played and practiced untill their first hit. In the picture below, the Beatles are in front of their stage that they preformed on for the beginning of their careers.
The second part of the book is the 10,000 hour rule that Malcolm Gladwell came up with. After much researching he noticed a pattern between various people or groups that became successful. After 10,000 hours of practicing they would become "a master" at whatever they practiced. For example Bill Joy, creator of Java, he spent 8 hours a day writing code and programming computers. He spent more time in Michigan's computer center than he did all of his classes. In the picture below is an example of code that Bill would have written. He spent 8 hurs a day writing this code.
He described himself as "obsessed with programming". His opportunity was to work at the computer center as much as he wanted. This was Joy's Hamburg. After 10,000 hours of practice, he was one of the best programmers if not the best. After that he wrote all of the code for Java. He wrote this 35 years ago and we still use this program today. (Even though we recieve 'Java Updates' every day). The only way he would have achieved this is by having the opportunity to work at the computer center and practicing for those 10,000 hours. Joy actually practiced well over 10,000 hours and therefore became successful.
These are the two main topics within the first 100 pages of "Outliers". To become successful at your profession/passion... you need talent and oppurtunity and 1000's of hours of practice and a legacy and timing.
The first part of this book talks bout how you need not only talent, but you need lots of practice and opportunities. For an example of an opportunity, The Beatles, they are the most well known band across the world. They had a great opportunity to preform at Hamburg--although they did not preform here because of the high pay there or the conditions. In fact they were not great. But they practiced here because of the amount of time they get to preform on stage. They would preform almost 8 hours a day on a daily basis. This was an ideal opportunity for the Beatles and was a big key to there success as a band. Malcolm Gladwell states, "The Beatles ended up traveling to Hamburg 5 times between 1960 and 1962. On the first trip they played 106 nights, 5 or more hours a night. On their second trip, they played 92 times. On their third trip, they played 48 times, for a total of 172 hours on stage. The last two hamburg gigs, in November and December of 1962,involved another 90 hours of performing." Malcolm uses an anaphora in a way. He repeats "on the _____ trip". He uses this example to show the reader how much the Beatles played and practiced untill their first hit. In the picture below, the Beatles are in front of their stage that they preformed on for the beginning of their careers.
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| This is the club where The Beatles performed at in Hamburg, Germany |
The second part of the book is the 10,000 hour rule that Malcolm Gladwell came up with. After much researching he noticed a pattern between various people or groups that became successful. After 10,000 hours of practicing they would become "a master" at whatever they practiced. For example Bill Joy, creator of Java, he spent 8 hours a day writing code and programming computers. He spent more time in Michigan's computer center than he did all of his classes. In the picture below is an example of code that Bill would have written. He spent 8 hurs a day writing this code.
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| Example of Java Code |
These are the two main topics within the first 100 pages of "Outliers". To become successful at your profession/passion... you need talent and oppurtunity and 1000's of hours of practice and a legacy and timing.
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