Movie: City Of Gods

The movie City of god is about two you men who chose different path , Rocket wanted to become a photographer who takes pictures of the uprising drug related violence in his neighborhood and then there's Jose "Ze" Pequeno is a drug lord that wants to be the only one in the town and uses the photo's rocket takes to increase his fame as a turf war erupts against his rivals. The movie relates to one of joe flom's lessons and that is meaningful work which explains finding meaning in your work , where there is a relationship between effort and reward. Rocket loved photography because he wanted to become a famous photographer and be able to move out of rio to somewhere better and as for Jose "Ze" Pequeno also relates because he wanted to become the only drug operation in rio , he takes out his rivals to take there clients and bring more money to him and also to become the drug dealer in his town . That is why i believe that meaningful work relates to both persons because both are trying achieve something that the more effort they put into what they want , the better their rewards are going to be and it can also relate to The power of habit because once rocket see's something related to the increasing drug violence his first reaction is to take pictures and increases his chance on being a great photographer like he wants to be  and as for Lil Ze if a new drug operation is forming and interferes with his operations , his first thought is to take them out and take all their drugs and money That's why it relates to the power of habit and also the book Outliers.

Chapter 7 - The Land That God Forgot

Chapter 7 is about how the author wes was approaching graduation and his main focus was his athletic skills, he was featured on times magazine and many colleges wanted to recruit him but when he stepped up to the court with the most talented basketball players he rethinks his options , he stop playing and fell in love with reading books , he loved books he can relate to and thought about his teachers how they impacted his life in a good way and making him a strong leader , so he decided to continue school and become the highest ranking lieutenant , At age 18 he was the youngest Wes became the regimental commander for the 70th Corps of Cadets, which made him the highest-ranking cadet in a corps of 700+ students. He would now take on a role that would likely have him leading people twice his age. 
The other wes didn't want to believe it, cheryl the mother of his third child is a drug addict , when he found her on the floor high while pregnant with his fourth child after he found out she hasn't overdosed , wes left the house and realized he doesn't want to be in the drug game no more , his friend levy who got out of the game recommended him to job corps , wes got his GED within a month worked as carpentry he loved his job , wes graduated the program in 7 months , he went back to Baltimore and got jobs that only pay 9$ and hour , wes began getting frustrated , he went to a friends house to pick up a package and it was ingredients to make cocaine , wes was tearing up but he realized crying does no good even though  he wants to stay out of the game, he feels like he doesn’t have a choice if he wants to provide for his family.
This chapter relates to outliers:Meaningful Work because the author wes was motivated by his teachers and fell in love with books and his education , he had meaning in his work he wanted to become the best leader and become successful and as for the other wes even though he didn't want to be in the game no more but that was meaningful work for him because he gets tons of money and he has to support his family and needs that money to make a living and the drug game is his only option.

Chapter-6 : Hunted

In chapter 6 the other wes barely got out of jail for attempted murder because the bullets didn't hit any major organs , he only went to jail for 6 months. his best friend woody graduated high school and wes couldn't graduate because he was so far behind so his aunt gave him a choice to start working or go to school but wes had trouble finding a job with a criminal record so he told his auntie he was trying but really he was forming a crew that will protect him and he continued selling drugs and racked up $4,000 in a day but one he sold drugs to a sketchy man , then found out he was a under cover cop , wes was arrested for selling cocaine to a cop.
The author wes more he just finished military school and his life was changed he went from one of the most disruptive students to being well respected as he entered school again his grades improved and started receiving scholarships from colleges because his skills in basketball were really good , wes started experiencing racism and being harassed when he was walking with a fellow platoon sergeant some drunk teens where shouting racial slurs and even threw a bottle at wes , wes was angry and wanted to pull them out of there car but instead he calmed himself and ran back to his school campus.
This chapter relates to outliers because as the other wes barely getting out of jail he lacked willpower to look for a job when he knew he couldn't get one but he still could of tried but instead he gave up and started his drug business again and ended up getting arrested again. as for the author wes he gained willpower when he was angered by the drunk teens shouting racial comments but instead of fighting them he decided to avoid them and ran back to his campus with dalio a fellow platoon sergeant shows that the author has willpower to not go back to his old ways.  

The Other Wes Moore -Chapter 5

Chapter 5 is about how the author wes was sent to military school because he was doing really poorly in school and it was the only option for his mother , after arriving to military school he was homesick , he wanted to go home but his mother didnt let him come home after staying there for awhile he learned a new type of respect , Real respect you can't get out of people Was something different than his type of respect in his neighborhood.
For the other wes he met a girl on his school bus and a couple months later he found out shes pregnant and that he was the father , he told tony about his situation but not his mother , tony broke the news at his brothers 1st birthday to his mother and she didnt say anything but one night he walked out to a guy yelling at his girlfriend and he tried to avoid it but he grabbed wes and started beating him up , wes ran inside got his gun and also his friend ran outside with his gun they both chased him and shot him , wes was arrested after that happened.
This chapter relates to  chapter 9 of the power of habit because the author wes  he chose to hang with friends that caused him to skip and have low grades in school in order to receive respect from his friends and neighborhood by doing what they want him to do and the same for the other wes he does what his brother tony told him is one up anybody that threatens him and he chose to live by that and that caused him to kill someone and get arrested after having his first baby so the author wes cue was school and his routine was ditching with friends and his reward was respect but changed his habit after military school and for the other wes his cue was being threatened or touched in an aggressive way and routine was tp retaliate back and his reward was earning fierce respect so they wont do it again but because of that he was arrested for murder.

The Other Wes Moore - Chapter 4

In chapter 4 of the other wes moore it is about how the other wes moore brother tony found out about him being in the drug game like him and he didn't want that for wes so he confronted him and they fought until their mom stopped them and found out what was going , she looked through his room and found his stash of drugs and she flushed them down and wes ran away to his girlfriends house to do his operation there. The Author wes moore he had trouble focusing in school, mostly was interested what his street friends did and that was learning about rap and tagging public walls after getting arrested he promised not to do it again but later that week he ended up tagging again.
This chapter relates to the power of habit chapter 2 : The craving brain because the other wes was craving the money and the nice things so it triggers the routine of going to his corner and start selling drugs in order to get huge amounts of money as the reward and as for the author wes it shows that his brain is craving for street knowledge when he got arrested and he was crying and saying he's never doing it again but he ended up doing it again , so his trigger is from his friend and his routine is to do what was cool and his reward was having a fierce attitude. so that's why chapter 2 of power of habits relates to this chapter of the book.

The other wes moore -chapter 2

In "The Other Wes Moore" Chapter 2 was about how both wes moore's found something or someone they can relate too. The other wes moore found a little boy named Woody , they were best friends and played in the same football team in school the other wes moore loved football but his academics declined as a result but one day he was playing pick up game of football but got a little rough with another guy and he punched wes in the face , wes ran home and got a kitchen knife to try to stab him but the police wa there to stop him , wes got arrested and so did woody.
For the the author wes moore he moved to the bronx with his grandparents but one day he snucked out to go play basketball with people more older but in that caged basketball court their was a bond , a sense of trust because in that court everybody told stories of their crimes , gangs, etc and found that place interesting and even made friends with some new people. This chapter relates to willpower in outliers because the other wes lacks willpower when he got punched by the other kid, he had no willpower to control himself because of what his brother tony taught him and that is to one up someone when in a situation and for the author wes moore  he had a strong willpower because when he would get into a situation he would shake it off and apologize instead of retaliating back , he controls his anger. That's why it relates to outliers.

The Other Wes Moore :Chapter 1

In chapter 1 of the other wes moore it talks about both wes moore's life story in the beginning, The author and the other wes moore grew up with no fathers, for the author his father died when he was at a young age and for the other he didn't even knew his father only had his mother and the differences between those two was that the author's mom was abused in her first marriage, originated from Jamaica and was an activist  and for the the other wes moore his mother left her husband for being drunk  all the time and didn't want him to interfere with her children and she worked as a secretary and doesn't say where she originated from. The book outliers can explain the event of chapter 1 because in chapter one of outliers it talks about being born in modest circumstances so the author wes moore had support from his grandparents after his father died and for the other wes moore he only had support from his mother because his father left when his mother had him so that's why i believe it relates to the Matthew Effect because in outlier's  it was about opportunities and that's what the author had because his mother got support from his grandparents so he had help to take care of him but the only difference is the other wes moore he didn't have that much support he needed in his life, so i believe that this chapter in the book "The other wes moore" relates to chapter 1 of "Outliers".

Outliers Chapter 9 - Marita's Bargain

David Lopez was a Mexican immigrant that failed 7th and 8th grade and was close to dropping out of his public school but instead he transferred to charter school and started to love learning after having new mentors that helped him closely and made him understand his subjects and give him the chance of learning good education and later on he found a job in sales and marketing but he felt it was wrong for him to be in a job like that he felt he should do something that'll benefit his people of his same class in society, He returned to school to earn his bachelors degree from UCSD with a goal of transitioning to a non-profit organization that'll help others in the low income class because he realized he was a low income student that graduated college and he wanted to give back to fellow people in the low income class to succeed in education and giving everyone a good access of education in San Diego. Chapter 9 concepts relate to David Lopez life because in the chapter it talked about giving people in the lower class a chance at being able to hard work and becoming successful at graduating and attending college , i believe it relates to the concepts because he was a low income student and he knows by experience and he got the chance of becoming successful and passing that opportunity to other people who don't have that chance on receiving good education and getting a chance to prove they can work hard and become the true outliers. 

Outliers -Chapter 8: Rice Paddies And Math Tests

Ward Hessing is a professional skydiver, Hessing served the military for a couple years after he went to college to get his degree on criminal justice and after a day of skydiving, he was terrified but challenged himself and worked hard on not letting that fear over come him , after jumping out of a plane for a while he started liking it and loved the reward he felt after landing to the ground, he gave up on law and became a professional skydiver, Ward still has the fear of jumping out of the plain but he does not give up and let his fear take over him because he enjoys the reward afterwards. I believe His life story relates to the concepts of chapter 8 in the book Outliers because in chapter 8 Asian villagers depended on rice and crops for there survival but it involved alot of hard work and good math skills and the farmers loved what they did because they enjoyed the reward after of being able to eat and trying to make their families rich by selling the rice and it relates to Ward Hessing because he worked hard to over come his fear of skydiving and the farmers worked hard to feed and get money for their families and they both enjoyed the reward it gave them. the work they do is meaningful work and ward never gaved up, he kept trying to overcome his fear and he was successful like the farmers how they didn't give up and they become successful at the end of each year of harvesting. 

Chapter 7 -The Ethnic Theory Of Plane Crashes

Ira Glass grew up in an area where kids were expected to be doctors , he had a different interest , he was interested in media. His parents were not pleased with his choice because they expected him to be a doctor after working hard from being poor to being in middle class, Ira Glass failed a couple times at his passion of producing shows but had an amazing talent for editing so it somewhat close to going against his cultural legacy because they worked hard so there son can become a doctor but he broke that legacy by going against his parents which they are more higher authority than him but he still decided to go against them and the legacy they tried passing down to him but he ended up being successful in the media business. Chapter 7 applies to his life because chapter 7 talks about how lower ranked people are taught by there parents to never question or go against there authority if they are higher power than you but doing that caused problems because being submissive and having lack of communication with higher authority causes people to be unsuccessful. The concept of this chapter applies to Ira Glass's life because he went against his parent legacy for him and questioned them that he did not want to become a doctor and instead he wanted to become a producer in media instead of being what his parents intended for him to be, That is why i believe the concepts of chapter 7 applies to his life story of success. That you do not always have to follow your cultural legacy just gotta get that equal power between low and higher rankings.

Outliers -Chapter 6:Harlan,Kentucky

Soledad O'Brien is a successful Journalist that works for CNN, She left Harvard to pursue her passion and worked her way up from production assistant to her first reporting job in San Francisco , Soledad has a proud heritage when it comes to her job and that is striving to fight back and wanting the best for herself and will not be insulted easily , when she is in the moment of writing a story she does not give up because it will pay off later on and her pride is what makes her take jobs that will test her limits and refusing a no for an answer when she is on the job. I believe the concepts of chapter 6 applies to Soledad O'Brien's life because chapter 6 explains about two families that are constantly fighting and killing each other because of cultural Honor meaning to eliminate anybody that threatens whats there's and also use it to create a type of fear to get what they want a legacy that is passed down generations from generations and it is similar to O'Brien's life because its cultural honor that she does she eliminates anything that gets in her career and fights back not like the southerners but in a calm and manner way to get what she wants and the legacy was passed down from her mom when she was young and it inspired her to do journalism that was perfect for her to use those rules of honor to become successful in life and in the journalism career . That is why i believe the concepts of chapter 6 applies to Soledad O'Brien's life.

Outliers-Chapter 5 The Three Lessons Of Joe Flom

John Jacobs was Co-Founder of "Life Is Good" clothing and he was successful because as him and his brother were starting off ,the traveled the country in a van selling there t-shirts that they designed but only problem was they were not selling enough to make enough money. Been doing it for 5 years so they started paying attention to the people so they could see what kind of art they liked and did not like on there shirts, One day when John and his brother were at a party they found a motto "Life Is Good" They liked that phrase so they put that phrase on there clothing with art that people liked on there shirts and from there they found financial success and created these little fundraisers in there home town to give back and help the people in need in Boston.  This relates to the concepts of chapter 5 because the chapter was based on three lessons , the 1st one talked about the more a specific group becomes well known the more they will need you for specific tasks and the 2nd lesson is Location , its important the time and place and the 3rd lesson is using these three qualities Autonomy,Complexity and The connection between effort and reward, Using those will make your work more enjoyable and endurable. This relates to John Jacobs and his brothers story because they started off not being known and after realizing the type of art people have on their clothing they started getting to be known they started selling a lot of there clothing and they found a festival that made them realize that and that is where it started there success they were at the right place at the right time and they love doing what they do because they earn money to give back to their home town makes there work enjoyable. 

Outliers- Chapter 4 Pt 2

Thomas Nazario was successful for focusing his law work on children's rights, especially third world countries. When he was just a little boy he grew in the ghettos of New York, every thanks giving he went out to eat with his family and Thomas noticed a little girl with her mother digging out of the trash can looking for food and from that point on he realized that this world is not good as he thought it was , so he focused on making the world a better place. He went to college but struggled for a while because he grew up a Spanish speaker and problems with dyslexia, Thomas Nazario was a intelligent person just was treated as an outsider but he ended up meeting a mentor and with that mentor he succeed what he was trying to accomplish. It gets him fustrated at times because people can do so much for the world but decide to not do nothing. I believe Thomas Nazario's life applies to chapter 4 concepts because Thomas was also an outcast in school just like Chris Langan he was an outsider, these two distrusted authority so they could not say much in school because they were raised not to challenge authority and speak up for themselves. Thomas Nazario and Chris Langan shared a somewhat similar life they were both poor and had disadvantages in life but the only difference in this is that Thomas found help from a mentor who helped achieve his beliefs of helping Children's Rights and became successful. They both were both struggling in school and at home but just Thomas the only one who found  help and Chris just gave up on college and lived on a farm as the most genius man in the world. 

Outliers Chapter 3 - The Trouble With Geniuses Part 1

Andy Gruenebaum is a professional soccer player from Columbus Ohio and the steps he took to get there started off in college it was his 1st year in college and as the year went by he was having stressful moments, he was doubting himself and thought about quitting college and soccer, he told his coach about it and told him "If you want to leave, then leave."  Andy had to think about it then he realized he could not waste a unique opportunity, so he changed his attitude around and improved his grades and started improving himself on the field and as his 3rd year in college he was well known in college, after college he was accepted to play for a Columbus crew after that he became a professional. with a lot of support from his family and working hard he was able to make it as a professional soccer player. I see the concept of chapter 3 being applied to this story because for one he only needed to be intelligent enough to be successful in college but after that it was all about thinking creatively and working hard for what you want and that additional intelligence does not matter and does not equate to additional success. but only being notorious will bring you more success because they think outside the box because Andy Gruenebaum talked about opening a business after he retires playing professional soccer, he still becomes successful after retirement, Just like the 10,000 hour method you did not need intelligence all it took was alot of practice. that is why i believe this concept applies to Andy Gruenebaum's life.

Outliers Chapter 2 - The 10,000 hour rule.

Holly Beck liked being physically active and was interested in action sports and sports, She was successful at being a pro surfer and the steps she took to get there is when she was young, At age 12 she was learning to surf and she never quit everyday she spent the day at the beach either surfing and practicing or competing in a competition with other surfers. she wanted to be different than the other girls. In the book "Outliers" chapter 2 Gladwell argues that in order to become successful, the person must start at a young age and work hard until he/she hits the 10,000 hour mark but there's people that rarely receives opportunities to reach that amount of practice. I see this concept being applied to Holly Becks life because she started to learn to surf at age 12 and she kept practicing until she went pro.When she was young, she says surfing was a way she "defined herself" as a separate entity. she wanted to be different and i'm not so sure if she completed 10,000 hours, she said shes been surfing since 12 until the current age she is now but she still worked hard until she achieved her goal was being part of the International Womens Surfing so i think she did completed the 10,000 hour mark because she became a professional at surfing, as Gladwell explains in order to become a professional at something you need to complete that mark.