After several months, today I finished reading a very interesting book
called ‘Outliers’ by Malcolm Gladwell. This is a very interesting book on how
to better in life and the reason behind success of an individual. This will
definitely help me in guiding my kids and shaping them as well. The crux of the
book is- circumstances, upbringing, surrounding, sect the person belongs to
matters a lot in the success of an individual.
The book begins with the roseto mystery. The author
describes, how a community of people came from Italy to setup a town in America.
And in that particular place the percentage of death by cardiac attacks were
more, which was not anywhere else in America. And the reason for this was found
that they followed the same lifestyle that they had in Italy. Then the author
says about a new theory called the Mathew effect, it talks about advantage of
age cut-offs for school admission. He shows the example of the ice hockey
leagues in Canada, football leagues in Europe where the cut off age forms an advantage.
So, the date of birth helps some. To prove the phrase ‘Practice makes a person
perfect’ the author says that to achieve something great an individual needs 10000
hrs of practice.
Being Genius is good,
but after a certain level on the IQ score, there is not much difference. Right
parental guidance and good upbringing also matters a lot.
The book also deals with great men and the secret of their
success.
After reading this book, I was very sure about one thing.
Nothing comes free in life. Hard work is the result of an individual’s success.
Overall, It was an interesting read for me and it makes me think how to use this for me and for my kids.
Overall, It was an interesting read for me and it makes me think how to use this for me and for my kids.
