Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Quote Analysis

The quality of persistence can be great to many people in third-world countries, but persistence isn’t always the method used to be successful in other places. Persistence is what we want to see in business, but in many other places persistence isn’t necessary. Malcolm Gladwell writes in Outliers, “No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich” (224). This quote applies to countries and places where people get up early and work, yet many people don’t have to awake till noon and still be rich. There isn’t necessarily a time you need to be up to be rich. Persistent is something we all want to be labelled as; it shows us that we are capable of overcoming difficult situations.

There is nothing wrong with persistence. Some say you don’t need persistence to succeed, but many would agree it is very important. Persistence is the ability to stay with your goals and

keep trying even if it’s tough. It shows that even though you may keep failing at something, you are persistent; you don’t quit, and that can lead you to success. Persistence does not have bad effects; everything you persist you can achieve, so being dedicated in your work will most likely not leave you unsuccessful.
If we stay persistent, we can achieve many of our goals.

Hard work and dedication can lead you to success anytime. As my dad was young he would be working on the farm in India and his older cousin would tease him when planes flew by. My dad had a goal that he wanted to lift the poverty in his family, which he managed to do. Now whenever we go back to my uncles my dad teases him about the planes. He was dedicated and persistent, he knew his goal and went to achieve it. He has now lifted the poverty and the whole family is now fairly wealthy. Successful people are rarely just lucky; they put effort into their work. Many people say being persistent is key to success. Persistence is something that helps you hold onto those dreams. You refuse to get discourages even when you see other people not being able to succeed at their goals. Knowing that you can achieve your goals and trying for those goals is key. Also, having somewhat realistic goals is important as well. Most of our goals are judged by society; most of the time we seek their approval before doing

anything.
Society has tries to show us what we should be and what we shouldn’t. Many people have goals and try to achieve them with much passion. My dad’s goal was to reach till Canada, he travelled from India to Germany to America then to Canada. It took him many years to achieve his goals and also a lot of money but he made sure he stayed persistent. In most scenarios, we think being persistent is better than quitting and giving up; it does not only affect us, but it shows society that we gave up and couldn’t do it. Society expects us to fight back and battle with whatever comes our way. Saying like “When the going get touch, the tough get going”, helping us get motivated so we keep going and stay persistent. Persistence is shown to us by our society as encouragement, and the person who usually persists succeeds.
We normally thin of quitting as failure. We tell each other to keep going even when times get tough. In some situations, there are cases where quitting has been right but most of the time it isn’t right. Quitting is like running away each time something gets tough. If you start quitting it gets harder to fulfil a goal that needs hard work and to be persistent to achieve. Persistent is an important part of success, is shows many characteristics within a successful person’s life.