Mitchell

Mitchell

**SUMMARIZE**
This role will be completed with each entry and should be posted on your personal page. Your job is to prepare a brief summary of the day's reading. The summary should be a quick statement that conveys the main highlights, key points, essence of the day's reading assignment. This should be a short paragraph. This is also where you will highlight thoughts regarding connections between the reading and the essential question for your book.

(Don't Forget the Date!)

//Introduction through chapter 1// - Factors that contribute to high level success · Born earlier in the year so are more developed then people born later in the years · Circumstantial opportunities - Everyone starts out almost the same, but some have a little more talent than others · Considering have a little more talent when younger presented with more opportunities · More opportunities = More Success · People born early in there year have more opportunities because they are older and more developed then people born in December that year instead of January that year - In choosing sports team they could not only do it by year, but by months · January through April(more Advanced would be on one team) · May through August another team · September through December the final team for that age group · All this so people that were born in different months could receive attention equally instead of January through April only receiving the attention on the larger team · Produces more high quality players - Opportunities lead to success not always quality of the person doing the task - the rich get richer and the poor get poorer - Called the Matthew Effect - Quality is directly related date of birth in sports and education
 * __OutLiers__**

May 6 (Chapter 2-3) - **To achieve success one needs roughly 10,000 hours of practice** · **Study shows that people with more than 10,000 hours are more than likely to succeed** - **Right skills at the right time under the right circumstances** · **Having 10,000 hours of practice and high skill means nothing without circum stances** - **Bill Gates was able to succeed because he was lucky enough to have both** · **Lucky enough to have a computer program during his high school years** · **Did not have to pay for computer time due to an exploit** · **Lived Close to University Of Michigan** · **Achieved 10,000 because of unusual circumstances** - **Along with amazing circumstances many people who have had success were born at the right time** · **Being Born at the right time is crucial to ones success in a specific topic** · **To late one will miss out on opportunities** · **Born to early and one might be too early to catch the opportunities** ** "; ** ___
 * include **
 * using ** ** namespace **** std; **
 * int **** main **
 * cout << " Chapter 2 (the 10,000 thousand Hour Rule)**
 * cout << " Chapter 2 (the 10,000 thousand Hour Rule)**
 * return **** 0; **
 * } **

Chapter 3 - IQ Levels · ** 100 is average ** · ** 70 is mentally disabled ** · ** 100- 120 is above average ** · ** 120+ genius ** - 110 compared to 180 · There is an obvious difference in the twos IQs however each persons IQ is good enough to succeed · Like Height in basketball once one gets to tall(smart) it stops mattering once you get past a certain height(IQ) · A person with an IQ of 130 is equally able to succeed as a person with 180 because the extra 50 does not matter, it’s like when you hit 6’3 in basketball it doesn’t matter if your 6’3 or 6’5 those extra 2 inches do not matter - IQ does not matter if your mind can not effectively use all of it under different circum stances · Blanket and Brick test · One must be able to think of original things and not only common things

Chapter 4 - Class level you were born into - How people end up often is based off their lives as children - Class can directly effect your outcome as well as work ethic, and opportunity
 * People born into lower class are more inventive
 * Higher Class Children are always doing organized activities
 * Lower class children don't speak out as much as upper class children
 * Higher class children level the playing field while talking to adults
 * Lower class children tend to be less whiny then upper class
 * High class children whine more because are used to everything being perfect
 * People with fewer 'things' work with what they have
 * People with more 'things' go with the flow

- Circumstantial - Career - Maximizing on opportunities
 * Chapter 5**
 * Odd circumstances led to success
 * Being born at the write time leads to success
 * Necessity of merchandise
 * Steady income
 * In demand
 * Enjoy your career (there is not reason doing a job you hate when you could do a job you like)
 * Working on jobs that no one else will do/ random jobs you gain experience in fields no one else has
 * When specific task need to be done and no other company knows how to handle it capitalize on it
 * One companies misfortune can lead to another companies success


 * Chapter 6 Through page 224**

- Preparation - Thought Process - Split second Decisions - Reaction to Specific events and circumstances
 * Preparation for an event is crucial
 * Without proper preparation things are more likely to go wrong
 * Plan accordingly
 * Focus is needed in order to make the correct decisions
 * Must be able to thing accordingly( with the ability to think accordingly and accurately one is more likely to not make mistakes)
 * The less actions someone does at ponce the easier it is to preform a task correctly
 * Split second decisions are crucial
 * Being able to analyze things and think accordingly in mere seconds
 * Decisions can be tainted if the person preforming the task is tired or has more things to do

-Cultural - Language - Back to the Basics
 * 224-end**
 * Different cultures have different beliefs and ideas
 * Asian cultures believe that hard work leads to success(this comes from hundreds of years ago when rice farmers worked long hours to provide food to the family and money)
 * This is why Asians are good at school because they don't give up, they work hard even if its only one problem
 * The different beliefs and ethics of different society's leads to specific abilities to perform tasks that other groups of people may find challenging.
 * Languages range in difficulty
 * the easier the language the earlier children could pick it up
 * Asian number and works are very easy to say and it makes it easier for the young children to pick it up at an early age, compared to American numbers which are long and complicated
 * Focus on main cultural ideas
 * Have the correct balance of work and free time, to much free time however can make you unlearn things you already have
 * You want to be exhausted because of thinking not lack of rest