We pretend that success is
exclusively a matter of individual merit. But there's nothing in any of the histories we've looked at so far to suggest
things are that simple. These are stories, instead, about
people who were given a special opportunity to work
really hard and seized it, and who happened to come of
age at a time when that extraordinary effort was rewarded
by the rest of society. Their success was not just of their
own making. It was a product of the world in which they
grew up.
"There is nothing about an individual as important as
his IQ, except possibly his morals," Terman once said. And
it was to those with a very high IQ, he believed, that "we
must look for production of leaders who advance science,
art, government, education and social welfare generally."
Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
exclusively a matter of individual merit. But there's nothing in any of the histories we've looked at so far to suggest
things are that simple. These are stories, instead, about
people who were given a special opportunity to work
really hard and seized it, and who happened to come of
age at a time when that extraordinary effort was rewarded
by the rest of society. Their success was not just of their
own making. It was a product of the world in which they
grew up.
"There is nothing about an individual as important as
his IQ, except possibly his morals," Terman once said. And
it was to those with a very high IQ, he believed, that "we
must look for production of leaders who advance science,
art, government, education and social welfare generally."
Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
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