What is the question we always ask about the successful?
We want to know what they're like—what kind of personalities they have, or how intelligent they are, or what kind of
lifestyles they have, or what special talents they might have
been born with. And we assume that it is those personal
qualities that explain how that individual reached the top.
In the autobiographies published every year by the billionaire/entrepreneur/rock star/celebrity, the story line is
always the same: our hero is born in modest circumstances
and by virtue of his own grit and talent fights his way to
greatness.
In the famous nineteenth-century novels of Horatio
Alger, young boys born into poverty rise to riches through
a combination of pluck and initiative.
Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
We want to know what they're like—what kind of personalities they have, or how intelligent they are, or what kind of
lifestyles they have, or what special talents they might have
been born with. And we assume that it is those personal
qualities that explain how that individual reached the top.
In the autobiographies published every year by the billionaire/entrepreneur/rock star/celebrity, the story line is
always the same: our hero is born in modest circumstances
and by virtue of his own grit and talent fights his way to
greatness.
In the famous nineteenth-century novels of Horatio
Alger, young boys born into poverty rise to riches through
a combination of pluck and initiative.
Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
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