The results of hard work are astronomical. Despite popular belief, efforts to succeed do not go unnoticed, such as the practice that goes into mastering a hobby, skill, or talent. All throughout one’s life, people are told to work hard and to try their best at everything they accomplish. This has an effect on what is widely considered to be success and how to achieve it. Although many credit others’ victories to innate talent, the true key to success does not lie in talent, but in hard work. Many people possess a “God given” gift, but it is not what makes them prosperous in life. Prosperity is considered a result of a great talent. In his article, Malcolm Gladwell discusses the fact that, “... he and his colleagues couldn't find any ‘naturals,’ …show more content…
5). Everyone has always heard about the naturals, the prodigies, who handle the incredibly difficult with ease. This study did not find any musicians that fit the criteria of that phenomenon. This single point proves that one’s natural abilities do not determine their success. Furthermore, the study did not find anyone who put in the same amount of time to their instrument as everyone else and sank to the bottom. (Gladwell par. 5). The tendency that some people have to give up after they fail something when they are not naturally good at it should stop because it does not have any actual basis. If one’s destiny has control over their life pursuits, then there would be people who were destined to not play the instrument used. This study demonstrates that humans can make their own choices; there is not a predetermined talent for everyone. Comfort can be found in this fact. People like to know that they are able to succeed …show more content…
Others believe that innate talent is what makes or breaks someone, and with good reason. A common example that is cited of innate talent is that of Donald Thomas. On his first attempt to conquer a high jump, Thomas cleared the bar, which was set at six feet and six inches. (Epstein par. 2). He then started a high jump career. Making it to the finals of the World Championship with little to no experience, Thomas cleared the bar set at seven feet and eight and a half inches on first attempt. His form was weak and he had put his hand behind him to brace his fall, since he was still not used to the sensation of falling. (Epstein par. 10). “We studied the biographies of 26 world-class sprinters, including 15 Olympic gold medalists and the eight fastest men in United States history, using the 100 meter distance as our gauge. The first major finding was that every expert sprinter, male or female, was recognized as exceptionally fast prior to beginning formal training. This contradicts the deliberate practice model, which assumes that initial performance and final performance in a domain are unrelated,” (Lombardo & Deaner par. 6). If someone has an incredible gift, but will never work towards it, there is no way that they will be successful. It would be a wasted
If someone wants to succeed in life and stay recognized by superiors, then he or she ought to appear hardworking. A person begins with setting goals. There are two categories, the first, “be” goals and the second, “do” goals. In other words, ask yourself, "What to be?" or "What to achieve?" Four categories of goals consist of wealth, health, relationships, and self-fulfillment which equal success. Working diligently to finish a task demonstrates how to live a successful life. Given these points, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller and Harriet Tubman, all exceptional achievers, found that prosperity undoubtedly comes along for everyone who perseveres.
When you train hard enough you can master or finesse a skill, therefore several people don't require training. Specific people are born with genetic enhancements that assist them with the skill and grants them an upper hand. David Epstein believes that genetics assist with the activity and does all of the work(Epstein,7). Malcom Gladwell believes that training pays off, moreover that if you train hard for plenty of hours you could surpass a prodigy(Gladwell,11). In Gladwell's writing Outliers, he talks about facts on how if you train for 10k hours you can master a skill. In Epstein's writing Sports Gene it revolves around a boy that was born with a genetic enhancement that doesn't train nevertheless is almost a pro without any training at
Daniel Cole´s book The Talent Code is a call to all of us-MOOC students, academics, musicians, latinos, workers, blacks, and whites- to get up, go forward, and be brave, that excellence and talent is within our grasps. He throws out the window the belief that talent is produced by the combination of genes and environment, of innate talent. The author also tells us how to do it: showing methods, examples, and studies of how persons like you and me achieved excellence.
Gladwell’s story of Joe Flom perfectly illustrates the nature and nurture interaction that leads to success. Flom’s innate features were his race as a Jew, natural intelligence, and time of birth, while his environment was his social class and hardworking attitude (Gladwell p. 116-158). As Gladwell points out, all of these factors affected his eventual success as a lawyer. Had one of those factors been missing or different, Flom would not have achieved the same success.
When looking at different cultures around the world, people tend to stray from comparing them due to the fact that when claiming one is better than the other it can come off as racist. Malcom Gladwell dances on this line in chapters seven and eight of Outliers. He looks at and compares cultures around the world and claims that success is determined by these factors. I agree with his claim that when considering an individual’s chance of success, the cultural legacies of the person must be considered because of the studies cited by Nalani Ambady, and the evidence Gladwell provides.
Within his book he uses results from a study that surveyed a group of violinist from a music schools. The study concluded that the violinist who practiced for 10,000 hours or more would play professionally, and the violinist who only had 5,000 hours of practice would become school music teachers. Malcolm Gladwell also uses hockey players as a source of evidence stating that the younger they start playing with the all-star teams the more practices they will gain adding up to the minimum of 10,000 hours that they need to become successful and play in professional level. To sum up his claim of 10,000 hours he states “And what’s more, the people at the very top don’t work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder,” (39) meaning that those who are at the highest point of success are there because they have practiced harder to get there than anyone else around them. However looking back to what Sonia Alleyne wrote about Frans Johnson’s book, areas such as music and sports are areas where rules never change. Thus deliberate practice and reaching the magical number of 10,000 hours would make a violinist or hockey player successful. Along with the result of David Z. Hambrick’s study even if 10,000 hours of deliberate practice is the ideal goal of individuals trying to reach the highest point of success, consideration must be taken that there are some individuals who have innate talent and skill with the ability to reach this point of success requiring less deliberate
Hard work helps toward leading a happy and successful life. If you want to be successful, set goals and do your best to work hard and reach them. In the article, How 9 Incredibly Successful People Define Success, Drake Baer quotes nine different people with different definitions of success. One person Baer quotes is John Wooden who talks about doing your best, “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” His views on success in part, agree with my views on success. Doing your best will help you to reach for your goals. In the same article, Baer researches Winston Churchill, a British politician, “Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” Both Churchill and I hold the opinion that even if you fail, you should get up and keep going. To not think of it as a failure, but think of it as a lesson on what not to do next time. For example, If someone is making a cake, and it burns, they know that next time they should not bake it for so
The Rage to Master: The Decisive Role of Talent in the Visual Arts was a chapter in the book The Complexity of Greatness: Beyond Talent or Practice by Scott B. Kaufman. This chapter was written by Ellen Winner and Jennifer E. Drake. In the chapter, the authors attempt to separate hard work (commonly referred to as deliberate practice in the literature, but they prefer the term: “rage to master”) from talent. They argue that talent is innate, and therefore exists prior to hard work. A rage to master leads to hard work, and hard work within a domain leads to increasing levels of achievement. They propose four possible groups combining hard work and talent. Using children and drawing as an example, the first group consists of the majority
What makes a successful person successful? If a person were to explore what it takes to become successful they may come to the conclusion that it takes hard work. In Malcom Gladwell’s novel “Outliers” Gladwell explores this essential question and comes to the conclusion that great success is a product of circumstances and actions “that are out of the ordinary” (Gladwell 17). Gladwell labels successful people as “Outliers” (Gladwell 17) and defines them as “men and women who do things that are out of the ordinary.” (Gladwell 17) In addition, Gladwell goes on to give examples of such people, and begins with hockey players and states that “it is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t” (Gladwell 19). Furthermore, Gladwell comes to the conclusion that Hockey players born in the first three months of a year have a much higher percentage chance of playing professional hockey. These are the people which are products of circumstances that were out of the ordinary and out of their control.
Effectively, success does not just happen. It is made to happen, especially through chasing personal dreams and aspirations. It is also made to happen when we consciously pursue our purposes in life, particularly guided by our own inborn abilities. We should never be discouraged by our heritage or cultural backgrounds. We should not even be worried about lack of opportunities. Pursuing our passion will certainly lead us into exploiting our full potential, as we contribute to the improvement of the welfare of humanity. Alongside, we will get what we rightly deserve – invaluable rewards.
No one would expect musicians to pick up an instrument and play without being taught how to play it. They are taught to play the instrument and they invest endless hours before this expertise is reached. Without knowing that, it 's easy to jump to conclusions and assume that they have always been this good all the way. If you have a goal and you feel that you don 't have the talent to achieve it, whether you believe it or not, you already have the necessary skill required to achieve it. The missing piece of the mystery is not that you lack talent, but to invest the hard work. Instead of seeing talent as something inborn in others, recognize that talent is inborn in you as well. You just need to put in the hours to bring it out of
From the opposed point of view I believe in "Natural Talent" but it still will only take you so far. Some people are really good at recollecting knowledge, processing, understanding and then applying. Some people are just more prone to have a good artistic eye or hand. To be more athletically built, whether it being petite for gymnastic or bulky for football. Saying that, those skills can still be acquired. If you really care enough about something and you truly want to do it then you can learn. Though you may seem to be at a lesser advantage, starting off what may be perceived as behind, practice makes perfect. Naturally talented still have to put
In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell analyzes numerous success stories in an attempt to understand the circumstances that make certain individuals particularly exceptional. Through his analysis, Gladwell strives to find an explanation for why some people succeed, while others, despite their persistent efforts, do not. He questions the validity of conventional attitudes towards accomplished figures—that these figures simply rise to fame as a result of sheer talent and ambition—and points out that the superficial summaries leave out crucial details. As Gladwell studies the lives of these “outliers,” from piano virtuosos to software moguls, he indicates that their success stemmed from a variety of components, including fortunate
...t talent is, what influences it and how to grow it, in a different ways. Beside that, there is one point that i agree with Coyle that talent is not born but it is grown. His first chapter shown that deep practice can create talents. According to Gagné (2002), a Professor of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, who made a differentiated model of giftedness and talent, argue that talent is an ability/skill that has been developed exceptionally well, whereas giftedness is a superior natural ability a to perform at a level significantly beyond what might be expected from one's age-peers in any area of human ability. In my opinion, every person might be born gifted, but if these gift is not appropriately trained, it will not develop into fully-formed talents. From this perspective, a talent implies a gift, but a gift does not automatically imply a talent.
I believe that hard work is the real treasure of a person because without hard work we cannot achieve our dreams and goals in life. No one can achieve success without doing hard work. It starts when we stop looking for alternatives or shortcuts towards success. We need to remember that there are no short cuts to success. Hard work, complimented with an intense desire to struggle and to achieve success is the only sure way of reaching success that you have always wanted. Hard work is one of the secret for us to be successful in life. Laziness and sluggishness makes one’s life a curse and only hard work can make your life a blessing. We cannot work hard if we don’t have goals. The meaning of goal according to Wikipedia is a desired result of a