Gladwells argument of the 10 000 Hour Rule

Gladwells argument of the 10 000 Hour Rule

Type of service:                Academic Writing

Work type:         Research paper

Format:                APA

Pages:   2 pages ( 550 words, Double spaced

Academic level:                Undergrad. (yrs 1-2)

Discipline:            History

Title:      Evidence-based response where you offer a perspective on Gladwell’s argument

Number of sources:        1

Paper instructions:         

Please find attached below a PDF of Malcolm Gladwell’s entire book, Outliers. In the third chapter, entitled “The 10,000 Hour Rule,” Gladwell argues for a particular non-negotiable element of true outlier success, a kind of magic elixir, which we, as aspiring professionals in our fields, need to know.

The 10,000 hour rule! Read the chapter carefully!

One thing to note before reading. Gladwell tends to focus on those who have obvious, or even blaring, characteristics of “success.” Yet, what about the outliers in the supermarket check out line? In the local church? In the police station? What about the outliers panhandling in wheel chairs in downtown San Francisco?

What about the outlier mother raising amazing children on a single parent’s income in a dangerous neighborhood? No one will ever hear of her, but hasn’t she contributed as much, or more, to society as our well-known icons of success?

Here is what Viktor Frankl has to say about success:

“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it”

(And this is what John Lennon had to say about success:)

“When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

Here’s your essay question for “The 10,000 Hour Rule”:

What is the 10,000-hour rule and what evidence does Gladwell offer to support his claim? Do you agree with him? Why? Do you disagree with him? Why? Do you both agree and disagree? Why?

In other words, give me a well-developed, evidence-based response where you offer a perspective on Gladwell’s argument that helps clarify the nature of the 10,000-hour rule further. You are welcome to include outside research as well, but be sure to cite it using MLA style. Aim for 500 words.