For the first marking period I plan to read Outliers by multi-award winning journalist and nonfiction author Malcolm Gladwell. While Outliers is one of his more well known publications, the list of his most popular works also includes The Tipping Point and Blink. Throughout Outliers, as its title suggests, Gladwell explores what causes certain people rather than other to achieve exceptional levels of success. I decided to read this as my first independent reading book for a couple of reasons: one, because many of my friends and teachers have read it and recommend it highly; and two, because I’ve simply always been interested in looking at what other factors lead to success besides the cliché, although true, hard-work and determination. I’ve often thought to myself how it could be possibly for two people, even being born into nearly identical circumstances, to end up in completely different places. Especially family situations in which two brothers, for example, who both initially had very promising futures end up with completely opposite lives interest me greatly. With that being said, I think it’s clear that by reading Outliers I hope to gain a greater insight into the lesser known factors of success, and if possible, apply any of those to my own life to aid in hopefully becoming successful one day. Additionally, it will force me to go out of my fiction-based comfort-zone as I assume the APELC course in general will do as well.
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