Outliers: Reflection

So today we started discussing the content found in Outliers. To start with, the one think that hit me the most was the chapter regarding 10,000 hours, which is essentially 417 total days of doing something in order to be good at it! That means you would need to do your "thing" for over a year non-stop in order for it to truly be your expertise. What I wonder is, what can a person really do in their life up to this point for so long? As I thought I about this, we started discussing how how the situation you were born into can affect what you do with your life. That got me thinking that kids like us in a public school might spent a good chunk of our lives doing something like music or dance, while those who live in poor conditions might spent all their time finding ways to help provide for a families. This was then again brought to the attention of the class about the chapter called Marita's Bargain, this showed that even in a bad situation, its do-able to reach the standard of education us public school goer's achieve. From there, I thought about how though Marita made use of the opportunity to further her education she had the stroke of luck to get the chance at that opportunity. This then kind of tied back to Gladwell's thought that some of peoples success is sheer, dumb luck. I think if there is one think I really pulled from this book its that every element of our success is tied to the events leading up to it, the random chance, the hours of work, and the situation we start in all play into that timeline.

Hopefully I will add more to this post once I get my thoughts fully sorted!
Good Night everybody!
-Nids