Essay On Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell

G- Ervin “Magic” Johnson: 1979-1991, 1996 It goes without saying that Ervin “Magic” Johnson is not only one of the greatest Lakers of all-time, but also one of the greatest NBA players of all-time. He played 12 full seasons, reaching the NBA finals nine times, winning five of them. He was a 12-time All-Star, a member of 10 All-NBA Teams (9x First Team, 1x Second Team), and was the league MVP three times. Magic was not only the face of the Lakers, but also the face of the entire NBA. When you thought about basketball, you thought about Magic.

The sport of basketball is played throughout the world in every country, with many having dreams to become the very best. Wilton Norman Chamberlain was a professional basketball player who was born August 8, 1936, and grew up in a small town in Philadelphia. He was a professional National Basketball Association player for the team know as, at the time, the Philadelphia Warriors (now known as the Philadelphia 76ers). Wilt Chamberlain is not only arguably the best player in the world, but he has the statistics and records to prove it. He has set insurmountable records and has the greatest overall statistics that have been documented.

For Garnet, he’s never really had either form go home. He mainly grew up in foster care, going from house to house constantly. He never really thought of these houses as his home but rather somewhere he lived for a short time. As a child, he only lived with his family for about a quarter of his life, and even that is considered minuscule due to his lack of memory retention at such a young age. Therefore, Garnet doesn’t know what a home can be.

In Outliers, Malcom Gladwell deconstructs the misconceptions in modern society surrounding the idea of success. Gladwell jump starts the book with the intriguing thesis that “it’s not enough to ask what successful people are like,” but that it is only important to ask “where they are from so that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t” (19). It is often assumed that individuals with grand achievements, from the field of athletics to computer programming, have an innate ambition or talent that propels them to greatness. This, according to Gladwell, is only a piece to the puzzle of success. In Outliers, Gladwell supports his thesis that success is often resulted from where someone comes from rather than solely individual will by arguing that the likelihood of achievement

He is also named top goal scorers in over 5 major awarding bodies. He played for Barcelona club, but represents the Argentina National Team during international competitions. Messi started playing at a tender age of 4. He joined his first local soccer club, Grandioli,

The 95-96 Chicago Bulls were said to be the best team in NBA history. They Won the most NBA titles for a team. With they 're best player Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan won all of they 're teams MVP 's awards and earned them all their NBA championships. Best team of there generation.

For Fernando, he had no idea what to do to get an education. He was the oldest of the family and had no help because no one else in his family has tried getting an education after high school. He tried getting help from the school but had no luck until the school received a new college graduate counselor who helped Fernando every step of the way. He truly believes he wouldn’t have got it to college if it wasn’t for her. Rocio encountered a school that didn’t challenge her enough which made it hard for her when it was time to go to college.

To begin, the lack of financial stability in the Walls family has always been problematic, however as the mother of her children, Rose Mary never contributed much to the family income due to her stubbornness and free-spirited nature. A prime example of Rose Mary not providing for her family is a constant lack of food in the house. The children’s hunger is apparent when Jeannette says, “We did eat less. Once we lost our credit at the commissary, we quickly ran out of food. Sometimes Dad’s odd jobs would come through, or he’d win some money gambling, and we’d eat for a few days.

His mother could not afford to send him to school so without an education he had no real prospects for getting out of the poor lifestyle he was born into. With that knowledge and his young age it is understandable that he choose to play with his friends

He 's sick of his life, has been for a while now. People say that money can 't buy happiness, but those people usually have enough of it to pay the bills and buy food for their table. Tommy Joe has none, and he 's living on the good will of his friends. A struggling musician. Well, nobody told him that without education he 'd be totally useless at the job market, and that without a proper job he couldn 't even go to Mexico with Mia and Mike for a vacation.

Many people believe that success is based on a certain skill or maybe even just luck. In the outliers by malcolm gladwell, Malcolm discusses the theories that there are certain things that affect the success of someone in the long run. I happen to agree with Malcolm on the topic of that everything with success is calculated. It might seem that a person might have long term success because of coincidence, I do not believe that is true. Short term success can be influenced by a luck but long term success implies a lot more.

Michael Jordan’s assassin mentality to score the ball is a one huge reason why he is the best. Michael Jordan played fifteen seasons in his hall of fame career and made 12,192 field goals, which lead up to be 32,292 points. He is in the top five in the NBA All Time Scoring list at number four. He is also in the top five in the NBA All Time Field Goals Made list at number four. This is just in the regular season, in the playoffs Jordan ranks number one in points with 5,987 and ranks number two in field goals made with 2,188.

Kevin Durant is one of the best basketball players in the world. He is self made man that works and thrives hard for what he does. By working hard look where he now. Coming to the draft everyone wanted to have him he was that good. Kevin Durant’s early life was rough but it made his career and life stronger mentally and stronger.

This continued until the most recent expansion in 2011. The NCAA college basketball national championship tournament now consists of 68 teams and has become the highest earning playoff in sports, with a reported revenue of $1.5 Billion on 2014 (Riper). Now the college basketball tournament, which is nicknamed March Madness, is one of the most popular sporting events in the world. According to a 2015 article in Time Magazine the top thirty college basketball teams reported a combined revenue of $500 million with around twenty players who are worth over a million dollars because of their contributions to their teams. All this success has raised the question of whether or not the athletes who participate in these tournaments throughout all of the various sports should be paid or otherwise compensated greater than they already are.

Stephen Curry is considered the best three point shooter in the NBA, because he made 272 three pointers in