The popular saying “practice makes perfect” has been used for many years encouraging younger generations to strive for success in whatever area they wish to excel. Success is something that everyone in society strives for but some don't know how to achieve it. However, there are many people throughout history known to have achieved success in many industries. Malcolm Gladwell, a best-selling author and speaker, identifies these people as outliers. Gladwell identifies the word “outlier” in his short story Outliers as “a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside of normal experience.” Although Malcolm Gladwell gives no credence to himself in his novel, his targeted audience of a younger, inexperienced generation feels the need to be informed by his detailed theories on how to succeed and ultimately become an outlier. While the reality of success may depend on instances that you can't control, Gladwell tells his readers that there is a large part that they can control through his theory, the 10,000 hour rule. He does this by using well-presented persuasive logical appeals and interesting rhetorical devices such as: onomatopoeia, exposition, and argumentation. Gladwell's 10,000 Hour Rule tells his readers that they are more likely to be successful by completing 10,000 hours of practice with whatever they want. be successful. Start by using an example with a group of violinists. The violinists who reached the level closest to 10,000 hours of practice were the most advanced players in the program compared to the other groups who did not practice as much. This would be an example of an effective logical appeal due to the clear contrast shown between the groups with...... middle of paper ......heir 10,000 hours of practice to succeed in their passion, thus making his effective writing. Gladwell provides information to his audience that success comes from many factors and that some of these factors can be controlled, such as the amount of hours of practice. His writing style offers hope for the future to younger generations who may not know how to achieve success in their desired area. Gladwell's writings are truly timeless in the sense that two hundred years from now, younger generations will be able to read his writings on the 10,000 hour rule and it will still have the same effect in giving them hope of becoming future outliers. Malcolm. Outliers: The success story. New York: Little, Brown and, 2008. Print. "Complexity and the Ten Thousand Hour Rule." The New Yorker. Np, nd Web. 09 December. 2013.