Comments on: What Malcolm Gladwell Should Have Told You In ‘Outliers’

By: Even If It Doesn’t Kill You, You’re Still Dying

Even If It Doesn’t Kill You, You’re Still Dying — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:52:08 +0000

[...] like it is completely up to you how you define success in your life, it’s completely up to you to live by your own rules of happiness. Of course, [...]

By: Outliers: The Story of Success

Outliers: The Story of Success — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:46:39 +0000

[...] Is For Suckers, I wrote about whether success is worth it, in response to Glen Allsopp’s post What Malcolm Gladwell Should Have Told You In ‘Outliers’. Now having finished the book, I can better see what Glen was talking [...]

By: Glen

Glen — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:04:01 +0000

Thank you for the comment Celes, I definitely recommend reading it

By: Celes | EmbraceLiving.Net

Celes | EmbraceLiving.Net — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:21:06 +0000

Thanks for the helpful post, Glen! I love the 10,000 hours idea – it brings us to the awareness that behind every success, comes real hard work in cultivation of our skills first. I haven’t read the book yet, but will add it to my to-read list now.

By: Success Is For Suckers

Success Is For Suckers — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:22:41 +0000

[...] What Malcolm Gladwell Should Have Told You In ‘Outliers,’ Glen Allsopp says that while he’s a huge fan of Outliers, he has one problem with it. Namely, [...]

By: Glen

Glen — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:11:27 +0000

Thank you for your thoughts Sudeep, they seem very genuine.

By: Sudeep

Sudeep — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:14:43 +0000

Hello ,
I do agree with most of you have a field that you have taken in consideration were you want success .Yes do it . Do it for yourself and not for any one .
Secondly I do agree the post Malcolm has proposed in his book about 10000 hrs of hard work . Make sense completely .
For me success is achieved in how good as a human you have been in your life .Even a beggar who roams in his dirty rags, can achieve success in life , if he is a gr8 soul and gr8 human .
Regards
Sudeep

By: Daryl

Daryl — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:42:47 +0000

Just 10,000 hours until you’re a master? I guess that’s the easy part, considering you also need to run into the right opportunities once you become a master. It’s kind of a relief to know what it takes, but a little intimidating at the same time.

By: Bamboo Forest - PunIntended

Bamboo Forest - PunIntended — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:12:47 +0000

You make some very good points. Success really is hard to define. There is no single definition for it.

I like your examples about someone practicing the violin for endless hours and others running through the fields! They both could be the best of the best depending on the person.

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:10:42 +0000

Excellent point glen. I think traditional success is even harder now than it used to be and the “winners” are even bigger. You used to compete locally and now you have to compete globally. The “winners” are unbelievably big winners. Bill Gates wouldn’t have had the opportunity he did had he been born a few years earlier.

There are 6 billion people in the world. The chances of you being the “best” at anything are slim to none. There is one thing you can do better than any other person in the world though – be your own unique self. In that market you have a monopoly.

I could never practice a violin countless hours but I know there are people who get intense satisfaction from doing just that and the results it brings.

Being happy and growing is what it is all about for me.