Perspective
Apr. 30, 2010
On the Shoulders of Giants
Tim Tosta of Luce Forward acknowledges that, in one way or another, all the greats stood on the shoulders of someone or something else.
I am deeply grateful to Malcolm Gladwell for his 2008 book, "Outliers - the Story of Success." What Gladwell does is debunk the myth of the self made "man." He illustrates how the "greats" got to their "greatness" only through a combination of timing, circumstance, upbringing, culture and, I would add, luck. This is not to argue that the greats did not contribute their own considerable talents, t...
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