Mind Matters

Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers" is fascinating but at the same time frustrating. I learned that something as seemingly irrelevant as a birthdate can mean the difference between being a star hockey player and an average one, or becoming a Silican Valley millionnaire or not. Now that I know that my parents' attitudes didn't prime me for success and that I wasn't born in an unusually lucky set of circumstances, what do I do now? Aside from putting in the 10,000 hours to gain expertise in a field, is it too late for me? In some of his examples, Gladwell touches on the possibility for retraining to occur in order to overcome these obstacles. Where do I get me some of that?

Labels: luck, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, success