No one rises to the top of the New York legal profession unless he or she is smart and ambitious and hardworking, and clearly the four men who founded the Black
Rock firm fit that description. But we know far more than
that, don't we? Success is not a random act. It arises out of a
predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities, and at this point, after examining the lives of Bill
Joy and Bill Gates, pro hockey players and geniuses, and
Joe Flom, the Janklows, and the Borgenichts, it shouldn't
be hard to figure out where the perfect lawyer comes from.
If you want to be a great New
York lawyer, it is an advantage to be an outsider, and it is
an advantage to have parents who did meaningful work,
and, better still, it is an advantage to have been born in
the early 1930s. But if you have all three advantages—on
top of a good dose of ingenuity and drive—then that's
an unstoppable combination. That's like being a hockey
player born on January 1.
Culled from Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
Rock firm fit that description. But we know far more than
that, don't we? Success is not a random act. It arises out of a
predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities, and at this point, after examining the lives of Bill
Joy and Bill Gates, pro hockey players and geniuses, and
Joe Flom, the Janklows, and the Borgenichts, it shouldn't
be hard to figure out where the perfect lawyer comes from.
If you want to be a great New
York lawyer, it is an advantage to be an outsider, and it is
an advantage to have parents who did meaningful work,
and, better still, it is an advantage to have been born in
the early 1930s. But if you have all three advantages—on
top of a good dose of ingenuity and drive—then that's
an unstoppable combination. That's like being a hockey
player born on January 1.
Culled from Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
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