<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/49456cda-5a48-4da4-9ccc-3480bd7aeeb0/F801F3FD-EB2D-4D0E-B29A-00F716C23431/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/200905/the-truth-about-successful-people" href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/200905/the-truth-about-successful-people" style="font-size: 11px;">www.psychologytoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/200905/the-truth-about-successful-people"><H1> The Truth About Successful People </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/200905/the-truth-about-successful-people"><P>We all know the secret to huge success. We read about it in books, and see it in movies. Malcolm Gladwell sums it up in his new book, <A href="http://www.gladwell.com/outliers" class="ext" target="_blank">Outliers</A><SPAN class="ext"></SPAN>, "our hero is born in modest circumstances and by virtue of his own <A class="pt-basics-link" title="Psychology Today looks at Resilience" href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/resilience">grit</A> and talent fights his way to greatness." It's the story of pop and <A class="pt-basics-link" title="Psychology Today looks at Sport and Competition" href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/sport-and-competition">sports</A> stars, wealthy entrepreneurs and CEOs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/200905/the-truth-about-successful-people"><P>There's just one problem with seeing success this way--it's not true. It's not that talent and hard work won't help you get ahead, but rather success is a result of the product of many factors--a system if you like. Our culture, our <A class="pt-basics-link" title="Psychology Today looks at Parenting" href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/parenting">parents</A>, our friends, our environment, our attitudes, our values, the lessons in life, all contribute to success.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/200905/the-truth-about-successful-people"><P>Gladwell argues that success in the 21st century is less about sheer intelligence and more about collaboration and hard work to get to a level of success mastery. He argues that a level of success mastery requires 10,000 hours of the right actions, effort and attitude.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F801F3FD-EB2D-4D0E-B29A-00F716C23431/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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