Success (Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell)

People don't
rise from nothing. We do owe something to parentage and 
patronage. The people who stand before kings may look 
like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to 
learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways 
others cannot. It makes a difference where and when we 
grew up. The culture we belong to and the legacies passed 
down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine.

It is those who are successful, in other 
words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success. It's the rich 
who get the biggest tax breaks. It's the best students who 
get the best teaching and most attention. And it's the biggest nine- and ten-year-olds who get the most coaching 
and practice. Success is the result of what sociologists like 
to call "accumulative advantage."

Culled from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

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