Reading notes "Alien"

The author Malcolm wrote another Hot book, "The Tipping Point," the book "Alien" for us to reveal a different story of the revelation of success, the most known is the 10,000-hour theory.

The main points of this paper are as follows:

1. The success of people not only rely on their own personal efforts, as there is a saying: A person's fate, of course, to rely on self-struggle, but also to take into account the history of the process. For example, when birth time results in the gap, with the cumulative effect magnified, resulting in a month born children more likely to become lucky.

2. Most people believe that IQ is important, and studies indicate that if a person's IQ reaches around 120, the increased IQ does not give him a clear advantage in the real world. Success is often related to other factors, such as opportunities, such as the emergence of the United States after the birth of the business tycoon, Silicon Valley rise, the opportunity of the domestic Internet, some people seize the opportunity to ascend the top of the tide, so many people sigh early born 10 into bat much better, now financial freedom; This is the result of continuous practice, for individuals, in the work need to constantly think and accumulate, can achieve.

3. The impact of family and culture on one person is immense, and the way in which the middle class makes it easier for children to succeed, the success of the Jews in the United States, the diligence of the Asians and their aptitude for mathematics are all well-documented.

For those who want to be successful, the book tells us the diversity of success, and everyone needs to explore a path of success that belongs to them.

Reading notes "Alien"