Essays on Malcolm Gladwell

In today’s fast-paced, technological world, texting has changed the way we communicate in a very fundamental way. To that end, many are worried about what the effect will be on those who choose to communicate primarily through texting – some worry that we are losing the nuance and complexity of real communication as a result of the need to truncate our words and phrasing into short bursts of instant information. Others, however, believe that texting has actually been a boon to teenagers and adolescents, who are typing and writing more than they ever have ...

“Thinking, fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman was among the best-selling books of the year 2011. Kahneman is Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics for his work in prospect theory in 2002. He and his collaborator, Amos Tversky, one of the cognitive as well as mathematical psychologist from Israel, have revolutionized the way we think about economy in the book. This book has achieved numerous honors and awards such as New York Times’ one of the best books of 2011 and Best Book Award from National Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Kahneman has humbly yet brilliantly and non-technically ...

In his book “Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell mentions: “The outlier, finally, is not an outlier at all.” (285). That particular statement assumes those who achieve success have no evident differences compared with the ordinary people in the sense of being more intelligent and wisdom. In other words, the author tries to convince readers persevering and creating opportunities to be the most important ways to succeed. If a person relies on intelligence and wisdom only, they can’t climb higher than pyramid first level. In my opinion talent or fortune cannot predestinate your success. People have to progress continually and keep ...

“Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell

In the book “Blink,” Malcolm Gladwell, one of the famous journalists, intends to share the results of psychological research to prove the importance of cognitive thinking in human beings. The book explains the way humans think within a blink of an eye, which is quite difficult. Gladwell explains about rapid cognition, which refers to snap decision-making. He convinces the readers that the snap decisions may be good or bad when compared to the conclusions. Gladwell identifies the circumstances where rapid cognition results poor outcomes. He also analyzes the ways and means to improve the results produced by rapid cognition. In ...

Book Review

The Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell is a nonfiction text. It incorporates a straightforward writing that presents clear points that are easy to grasp for the readers. In the course of the book, Gladwell emerges as a rational and a lively writer with a skill of presenting complex things in a simple way. The text provides rational explanations to various apparent mysteries, twists of fate, and day to day challenges. The author presents his work through logical reasoning and incorporating shrewd expressions that explain the occurrence of various social phenomena. This book attempts to dissipate the myth of individualism as a viable explanation ...

The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a book that outlines all about success and what causes the impact called success in the most successful individuals we see .A story or stories tell that success is because of focus, intelligence and ambition. If not that, then success or the given talent is innate and one is born with it. However, according to the book outliers, this is different. Gladwell explains the causes of success in what we would see as ridiculous but in turn gives practical examples to support his factors. In his book, he terms success is as a result of ...

Book Review: Taking on the Trust and Outliers

Summary and Analysis Central to the story of Taking on the Trust is the story of Ida Tarbell, a journalist who specialized in muckraking – a form of journalism that tackles the main issue directly by pointing out moral implications and subsequently instigating activism for reforms. The successful career of Tarbell in journalism has made her one of the most iconic American journalists during the early 20th century. One of the most famous controversies Tarbell has covered is the one involving Standard Oil Company (Weinberg). Tarbell never regarded herself as a specialist in writing on business stories. Having no profound experience ...

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‘Instructor’s Name’ Abstract Outliers: The Story of Success is a book authored by Malcolm Gladwell and was first published on November 18, 2008. Gladwell started his career as a journalist in ‘The Washington Post’ and later joined ‘The New Yorker’. Known for his psychological experiments he has written two best seller books before this namely, ‘The Tipping Point’ and ‘Blink’. In his book ‘Outliers’, Gladwell tries to find the reason behind people’s success. The usual reasons Americans give for success is hard work, talent, innovations, bold decisions, good judgment etc. Gladwell on the other hand suggests that, ...

Aspiring musicians have their choice of thousands of music programs across the United States where they could spend four yours and tens of thousands of dollars to position themselves to become a professional musician. Or they could just, learn everything that will be taught in the expensive classroom and learn everything they will get from college online and then use the money saved from college to record an album and market it in an increasingly friendly market to musicians releasing and promoting records without the need for a music education or a record label to sign them. This essay profiles several ...