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.