It's been a while since I last wrote and sometimes I wonder why. Is it because I have been very busy? or because I hate writing or because I wonder why I have a blog in the first place? Whatever the reason is I have decided to write this blog because of a book I recently stumbled across.
The name of this book is the Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. This book talks about success in a much more complex and interesting light. This book is not an how to book nor does it describe success just as a result of hardwork. This book describes success as a combination of opportunities and legacies that individuals are presented with as they go through life. These opportunities and legacies are your ethnicity, generation, socio-economic class, family and etc.
After reading this book, I find myself asking the same question, what is success? Through out the course of the book, the examples of success constantly presented are stories of individuals like Bill Gates, Joe Flom, Steve Jobs, the Beatles, and Bill Joy. I definitely agree that these people are successful but why are they described as such. Is it because they are rich, or because they dared to take on task that others considered impossible or because they have been defined successful by the society.
For me, the fact that I can get an A in a class is success or the fact that I have participated in research is success. Every one has a different definition for success and even though this book looks at a common definition the recipe is still the same.
1 comment:
Guess what
I stumbled upon Malcolm on Fareed Zakaria's show the other day
I enjoyed listening to his take on things
For eg he says talent=hardwork
talent= the desire to practice( he used the beatles as an example hear)
I enjoying reading this..thanks for sharing
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