The Outliers 1st Chunk

In this first chunk Malcolm Maxwell introduces to us the true meaning of success and the way to obtain success, like many successful people. At the beginning Gladwell uses an anecdote and discusses about the life of the Rosettan people that came here to America and the studies that doctor Stewart Wolf was performing to them. This research and studies help Wolf give people the understanding of health, and the same way with this book Malcolm Gladwell was giving people the understanding of success. Gladwell then begins to discuss the success of famous hockey players, how many of them became successful for the opportunity of practice that was given to them and also for the fact of being born during January-April. It also does this and discusses this with examples of the Beatles, Bill Gates, Bill Joy, and etc., that they got their success from the opportunities given to them. The Beatles got their chance at success when they began playing at a cheap club, it meant nothing playing their but they got practice by playing everyday which made them become successful. Bill Gates got his success by the 9 opportunities that Gladwell list for use and for getting unlimited time programming the computers, the more he programmed the more he became an expert at it. The same for many other including the Billionaires, they were born at the right times when there were beginning new approaches and took advantage of them, and were successful at it. This shows that people who are successful are not born with it the obtain it throughout time and practice. That many of this people have their success for coincidence to have been born on the year or month that they were or to have lived in the places that they lived such as Bill Gates living near the University of Washington. It also point out the 10,000 hours point which shows how when people practice something for 10,000 hours in their lifetime they become successful at it and also an expert. An example would be the violinists, the best ones had played 10,000 hours, while the not so good ones had only played 80,000 hours. The definition of success does not come from talent itself but also from the help you get, the practice, and the opportunities which is what Malcolm Gladwell gives us to understand in this first chunk.

Questions
Clarification- Why do many successful people say that they started at nothing, when Gladwell proved to us that this is not true?
Application- Do you believe that if you follow Gladwell "advice" and statement you will become successful?
Style- Do you believe that everyone [in the whole world] obtains success the way that the people described in the book did?