OUTLIERS

By: Madie Boyle

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HOW DOES OUTLIERS APPLY TO GA AND OUR LIVES?

OUTLIERS SUMMARY

Chapter 1: The Matthew Affect

Chapter one is about how being born close to a cutoff date determines your success, this is called the Matthew Affect. Supposedly, the how mature you are in comparison to your peers affect how well you. The more mature you are the more likely you are to be successful. The book uses Canadian hockey players as an example. Almost all the people on the professional teams are born in January through March. What is the cutoff date for Canadian Hockey? January 1st. The reason is that the have more time to grow up, and they have more muscles and strength which leaves them with an accumulative advantage.

Chapter two: The 10,000 hour Rule

Chapter two explains the 10,000 hour rule. The 10,000 hour rule states that in order to attain mastery of a complex task one must practice a minimum of 10,000 hours. Some examples given are Bill Joy and Bill Gates, who practiced for a unlimited number of hours on the computer and became famous computer programmers, and the Beatles, who practiced in Hamburg, Germany for entire nights becoming one notable bands of all time.

Chapters 3 & 4: The Trouble With Geniuses

Chapter 3 and 4 are about the problems with geniuses. The motif of the chapter is that IQ does not necessarily success but rather how you were raised. This was proven by the Terman Study, and the differences between Chris Langan and Oppenheimer. People who were raised in environments where their talents were assessed and nurtured are more likely to be successful known as "concerted cultivation". This was because they knew how to use their abilities to the greatest extent.

Chapter 5: The lessons of Joe Flom

Joe Flom had advantages to becoming a successful lawyer. Chapter 5 talks about these. He can from a Jewish family learning to work hard and assert yourself to be successful. He was born during the depression, thus classes were smaller and you got more attention from a teacher. And last of all, he was an outsider, and created his own law firm, picking up the pieces of the American firms. And took advantage of hostile corporate takeovers and mergers.

Chapter 6: Harlan, Kentucky

Chapter 6 is about how what environment and heritage affects our personality, or our "Cultural Legacy." In the Appalachians, people tend to have more blood feuds. Why? because the terrain is unsuitable for farming so they are all herdsmen. Herdsmen have a different social life then take of a farmer. Herdsmen have to rely on themselves and worry about their livestock constantly. They have to be strong. On the other hand, Farmers have to rely on others in the community and don't have to worry about their crops being stolen. Even though we don't have to worry about this now, it is still in our blood. Cultural legacy we inherit. In a study, they test how different groups of people react to different scenarios of how people react to different insults and the results was the same as their ancestors.

Chapter 7: The Ethnic Theory to Plane Crashes

Chapter 7 is about how mitigated speech can affect one's success. The use Korean Air as an example. When there was a critical emergency, for the longest time they made the situation out to be less serious than it really was ultimately leading to them to have one of the highest records of plane crashes. When the received special training, Korean Air learned how to be authoritative with the bases telling EXACTLY how serious the situation was. Now the have a normal crash rate and they became successful.

Chapter 8: Rice Paddies & Math Tests

Chapter 8 explains why Asians are better at math than the rest of us. Asians believe in work, something we lazy bums chewing a doughnut on a couch in America should look up to. In our European Culture, even our proverbs state that we leave our success to "God(s)." Asian's belief in work is shown through how hard they worked in the rice paddies. Asians would work longer and harder, taking the effort to learn and thus are taking the road to success. This is not just shown in math but also on the TIMSS exam, which all of the scores are exactly the same.

Chapter 9: Marita’s Bargain

"Outliers are those who have been given opportunities- and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them(pg.267)." We may assume that the outliers in our society were born that way and they were destined to be outliers. Through this book we are able to see that becoming a success is about seizing opportunities that are given to you and making the best out of them. Sometimes you may think that doing something is a waste of your time but in the end it could be the difference between you getting the job or the other person getting the job. We are able to see that Marita understands that although she may be sacrificing some things know in her life she will later reap the rewards. The school that she is attending allows her to have the opportunity to move up in the world. It does not guarantee that it will happen but she is able to put herself in a better position to take advantage if the opportunity were to present itself. Giving up a little know can pay back big later on in your life. Marita has seized this opportunity and because of it she just opened doors such as attending college, heck she seized the opportunity to make it through school and graduate. For some they don't even take that opportunity that is presented to everyone in the United States. While people should take advantage of things that are presented to them, not everyone will be able to receive these benefits. If everyone was given the same opportunity then we would never have any outliers or would we create a whole new "breed" of outliers? We will just have to wait and see what happens next. Posted by Sam Silva at 8:14 PM On http://silvaoutliers.blogspot.com/2009/10/chapter 9-maritas-bargain.html

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Ya think flying a plane is easy?

Eugene Bullard was a Black pilot in the French division in WW1 from Georgia. He was the best of the best at the time. But obviously he didn’t learn how to fly a plane overnight. He had to practice, a LOT. Perhaps around 10,000 hours. Coincidence to correspond with chapter 2? I think not. There’s no avoiding it. You must practice 10,000 hours to achieve mastery of a subject. Our Georgian Hero is proof of this.

Being Born Rich Led to FDR’s Success?

Remember how chapter 3 and 4 are about how you have to be born into a rich family who can shower you in golden opportunities makes you more likely to be successful? FDR is a perfect example of that. Not to mention that he’s related to Teddy Roosevelt. From a young age, he was exposed to politics and problems, and when it was time to face those problems he knew exactly what to do. FDR was raised to be a successful president.

Cause We All Know a Person Like Carl Vinson DEFINATLY Couldn’t Become Successful Without Something tying them to a Opinion From Outliers.

Carl Vinson took advantage of opportunities and took risks like Marita. He went to college (Which I also suggest you go to college to prevent you for ending up working at McDonald’s). He passed bill to improve the Navy. Without these risks he took we would still have a navy as poor as a part time workers at McDonald’s (again go to college. It is good for you). Don’t be afraid to take risks to improve and fight for your beliefs unless your risks focus around a slot-machine or a poker table in Las Vegas (Cause they are all rigged).

MLK wasn’t born Knowing how to Make Speeches

Could you have written a speech like “I Have Dream?” probably not. MLK was Joe Flom’s twin of the Civil Rights Movement. He was born into a black family that believed hard work got you somewhere. He was born into a time where racism and segregation was everywhere. He grew up facing these problems. When He grew up, he took his parents advice and worked hard to end segregation. He knew the problems and went to work on them. He shows that you have to work had to fulfill your dreams.