...The reason Gladwell wrote “The Trouble with Geniuses," Part 1 and 2, was to share his thoughts on why some people are so successful while others are not as successful, in life. It is possible that Gladwell was inspired by seeing Langan on the TV show “1 vs 100”. This caused Gladwell to question what happened to Langan in his past life for him to be not as successful as others given that Langan was such a genius. In the first chapter of the Outliers Gladwell talked about how having a birthday in January and February was an advantage over someone whose birthday was later in the year. In chapter two of this book Gladwell suggests that there is no innate ability, but instead if you practice a craft for 10,000 hours you can master that craft. In...
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