Outliers

I'm really glad this book turned out to be way better than I expected. I think it is incredible how when I start reading the book I completely get lost in time. The two points that I found most interesting in Part 1, was the idea that to be truly successful or “pro- good” at something you need to have 10,000 thousand hours of practice in the specific area. When Gladwell first mentioned it, I was like “no way, people can do it in less time” but as I started to read the stories of all the outliers and the time they spent practicing in what they chose to do,  realized that maybe he was right and 10,000 was the magic number that does make someone successful. Although I feel like 10,000 hours of practice is the magic number, i'm still not willing to completely accepted. I feel like there is a few prodigies out there that can become as successful as Gladwell says in less than 10,000 hours. The other idea that messed me up and got me thinking was the idea that almost nobody goes from “rags to riches” on their own. These people, like Bill Joy, become successful, but only through the opportunities offered to them or presented to them. It got me thinking that in order to be somebody big, you have to have an advantage that somebody else doesn't and that you're not going to become big based only on your ambition but on who helps you feed that ambition. That is something that's going to take me a while to get my head wrapped around. Honestly, I can say that i'm truly enjoying this book.