If we have meaning, it is exciting and joyful. Further, hard work is an absolute nightmare if we don’t have meaning. No matter how much money we earn, without these three qualities, we will not be fulfilled in our work. To be happy in our work, we have three needs – autonomy, complexity, and a positive relationship between effort and reward. Gladwell calls this practice by the rich “concerted cultivation,” and it is a practice that gives rich kids a big advantage against poor kids. For example, a rich parent may tell their child to ask questions at the doctor, which while seemingly trivial, develops that child’s comfort with questioning authority figures. Whereas poor parents typically let their kids develop independently, rich parents understand the importance of the practice intelligence skills and find ways to cultivate these skills in their children. Practical intelligence is the soft and social skills that help you more easily navigate society – negotiation, comfort questioning authority, respecting your place in the work, etc. Practical intelligenceĪ big driver in different outcomes between the rich and poor is that the rich receive training in practical intelligence. While the success of certain people is often attributed to their unique and superior intellect, studies show that intellect does not determine achievement after a certain threshold, and that threshold is much lower than you would expect. And once they are picked up, they get better training and competition, further compounding the development of their skills. And when scouts look for the best players early on, the older players are picked up. So a person born earlier in the year is older (i.e., bigger, faster, stronger) than people born later in the year. Rather, it is because hockey leagues are structured around the calendar year in which you are born. The reason for this outcome is not due to statistical chance. While these elements help drive success, success also stems from the circumstances in which a person is raised and lives.įor example, he demonstrates that more than 80 percent of professional hockey players were born in the months of January and February. Gladwell shows us that the traditional narrative of success – passion + talent + skill = success – is flawed.
Ambition, intelligence, and hard work are important to success, but they don’t explain everything.īuy this book on Amazon (Highly recommend)Īccess My Searchable Collection of 100+ Book Notes Key Takeaways Reimagining the story of success Using examples ranging from successful hockey players and technology leaders to Jewish lawyers and Asian rice farmers, he demonstrates how the nuances of where people come from (their generation, culture, family, and unique life experiences) matter. Gladwell directly challenges the traditional rags to riches narrative of success.
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