Well for starters I was really surprise to what I was reading didn’t know it was going to be or even start talking about a fashion shoot I believe, my mind was thinking of a whole different story I thought it was going to be based on someone’s perspective. But as the reading goes on you see that they throw a lot of fashion designers and their work. I was really surprise and didn’t expect that from the book but hey what’s the old saying, don’t judge its book by its cover and that’s exactly what I did so I’m glad I started reading and as I read I was learning so many new things that I didn’t know about, I can see that the book is focusing in the beginning on Hush Puppies and if I didn’t read this I would think that the book was talking about puppies, a dog shoot, or a dos show HA! But I see that fashion is everything in this book and I like how the author keeps throwing out famous names such as Calvin Kline and naming big cities like Los Angeles and New York. The one thing that caught my attention the most so far about this book is when Malcolm Gladwell mentioned, “At some mysterious and critical point. 6 THE TIPPING POINT the crime rate began to turn. It tipped. Within five' years, murders had dropped 64.3 percent to 770 and total crimes had fallen by almost half to 355,893.” It funny because in today’s world the crime has double if not tripled we have to compare the rate of the crime but either way this spoke to me in so many ways. This book should be entertaining and can’t wait to see what’s waiting for me at the end of the rainbow.
I don't know that I can say I noticed any compelling ideas, but did come across some interesting observations. Children losing interest in Sesame Street when the adults came on at the end rang true because I was one of those kids that lost interest. The method that made Blues Clues so popular, and the fact they ran the same episodes during the week because of how the viewers liked watching them over, finding things they missed when watching the first time. I find myself doing that with movies, cartoons, documentaries, which made this section interesting for me. The observations made in a University of Michigan study regarding first time smokers in chapter seven was interesting being a former smoker. It mentioned that those that gained some sort of pleasure when smoking their first cigarette was what perpetuated an individual becoming a smoker. Then there was the observation of the amount or degree of the 'buzz' the individual received smoking their butt, and 78% of heavy smokers remembered their first time, which I found really astounding. I found the entire discussion and data shared very interesting. The fact smokers drink more coffee than non-smokers makes sense, and though I drink coffee I do not drink near as much as I did when I smoked.
After reading the first few chapters of the book, a compelling idea that I found in the third chapter was the one where it talks about whether a trend will attain exponential popularity and which Gladwell terms “the stickiness factor.” This particular idea was interesting because it refers to how certain things “stick” in the minds of the public and influence their future behavior. I never payed attention at how true this statement is, we often get stuck on certain TV shows and series without even realizing we are being victims of this factor. I found this particular idea compelling because it is something that we see happening almost on a daily basis with all the new trends and all the new shows airing today. Gladwell uses the example of the PBS show Sesame Street and the “stickiness” of children’s television, in large part because it was able to changed how people viewed children’s cognitive abilities and television-watching behaviors on their heads. There's also evidence from research which proved that such behaviors result in significant improvements in children’s logic and reasoning abilities. The attribute of stickiness factor involves how effective an idea or product stays in the mind of the potential viewer or consumer. Which is evident today since kids can memorize entire songs, movies, and shows. I thought this particular point was interesting , often we take for granted many of the things that we see or experience throughout the day, but subconsciously they have a large effect on us. Also, this whole stickiness thing is the reason why make things so famous, because we tend to find interest and never leave it behind.
The most compelling idea I see in the book so far through chapter 1 is that of how behaviors and epidemics stick to people. What I mean by this is that people might see something and tend to feel a certain way about something because someone of a higher or lower social order acted or looked this way. That when the author goes into talking about how only a few people need to start doing something until hundreds of people catch on and continue it, creating a large widespread of similar ideas. Big cities play a major role in this because so many people are crammed into one tiny spot. Ideas are able to travel very quickly. Other than these few examples I have not seen any other main compelling ideas as of yet!
jason, i totally agree with you when you said that people tend to feel a certain way when something is is said in a certain way and also when they might see it as an higher or lower social order, its funny because thats actually the reality we live in.
Since I have been reading The Tipping Point, I have found it to be interesting. I like how the author uses real-world experiences to explain the tipping point of stuff. Chapter one was what really caught my attention when he was talking about how the STD had spread in a certain area and why it hit the tipping point. What was shocking to learn was when the author was explaining the story about the lady that was attacked but no one did nothing. And it is sad but this is common and people do not realize that. So far the reading is great and I am enjoying the book. To learn the tipping points of different real-world situations is compelling because its just not based on products or videos hitting the tipping point but it can be a disease, medication, or even just the many people you know and how you got to the point to meeting these people in your lives. It’s the little things that can make a big difference. The way the author puts things together to understand his point is clear and I think that this is what catches the readers attention.
A compelling idea I noticed from chapter two about the people who are mavens, connectors and salesman. I already know I am an introvert I tend to like being indoors and stay with my wife and dogs all the time. I know people on Facebook that have hundreds of friends and maybe they feel connected to them. I thought it was interesting how Gladwell said that in the college class they averaged knowing about twenty one of the surnames of people in their life. I felt weird looking at it myself because I scored a zero on that. I also think it is interesting how Gladwell explains we are friends with people based on age or race and proximity of living together. Before I moved to Bakersfield I had roughly five friends I saw pretty regularly. Like he said in the chapter we were similar age and also shared activities together. Living further away from those old friends has essentially caused those friendships to disappear. The tipping point of the distance caused those friendships to fizzle out. Another compelling idea from this chapter is the idea of the six degrees of separation. An idea that everyone can be connected by six or fewer people. I think t his concept is one to wrap your mind around. Being that closely connected to so many people would explain how the hush puppies tipped in the 90's. There was something I saw online once about virtually every actor in a movie shares a six degrees of separation with Kevin Bacon. The last thing from this chapter that really made me reflect in the comparison between Revere and Dawes. I am a huge sports fan and I thought of last years NFL draft. Jared Goff taken by the rams was the first overall pick in the draft. Dak Prescott was taken in the fourth overall round by the Dallas Cowboys. You would think the number one overall pick would dominate headlines all year. He was forgotten because of poor coaching, team and play. Dak Prescott is a connector a leader of men. He plays for a team with the star on his helmet and has a team owner that thinks he is also a star. If the two players switched places I still think Dak would garner more attention and eyes on the Rams than Goff would playing for the Cowboys.
After starting to read this book what I thought about it is that small events can have a dramatic change. Also, people have big influence on whether something will stay popular or desist. Its fascinating how one insignificant thing can cause dramatic change if the attracts the attention of others. One important idea I noticed was when Gladwell talking about yawning and how contagious it is. As he talked about it I yawned myself. I realized how easily we can be influenced by just reading a passage and be drawn into it.
While reading the book The Tipping Point, the most compelling idea that stood out to me was fashion. It did not cross my mind that the book would have a point of view on fashion. It talked about how the Hush Puppies brand were at their lowest point during the 1994-1995. But they made a quick progressive comeback. It is true that the smallest thing can make a big difference. A small group of kids, without knowing it, they brought the Hush Puppies back in style. After companies saw the shoes, they started selling them in their stores. They didn't have to put a lot of effort to bring the shoes in style, it just happened automatically. The tipping point in the fashion, meant that at a certain time they dramatically decreased their sales, but a dramatic increased increase too. Even now a days you see fashion that is making its way back to style. It seems that fashion always come backs, even though, it might seem at its lowest point.
I think this book has a very interesting topic, explaining the diverse ways things can explode in society. I don’t mean this literally but there are several reasons why certain things spread at an alarming rate. The author begins by stating there are three rules which causes these events to occur. One idea that I found interesting was the Law of Tipping Point. There were three laws and I thought each one had a different aspect to it than the other. These rules can also be applied to many things including health epidemics, fashion trends, or anything else that may have the potential to spread. I like how the author has plenty of examples to support his findings and ideas. As the world is constantly changing, we see plenty of things that become extremely popular or more common, and the reasons for these behaviors is something I have never really considered.
I am enjoying this book so far, funny thing is my boyfriend had recommended it to me before this class. But I find it interesting how easily something could either become so popular or go unknown, how it reaches the tipping point. A company could be going bankrupt, losing all their business and out of no where a popular group of people could bring the company back to life. It could be unintentional but it makes a huge impact. Someone already mentioned this in a previous post but I agree with them, what else was interesting was that a large percent of smokers remember the first time they smoked. That blows my mind, you would think something like that is not important but considering it's a big part in their life it makes an impact.
"The Tipping Point" is an interesting book. I have never thoroughly thought about why things "tip" and Gladwell certainly illustrated and highlighted new, thought-compelling ideas to my mind. Gladwell's mention of the three principles of epidemics, especially the second one - that little changes can cause big effects - stood out to me the most. I immediately relate that principle to how history has changed over the centuries. One example is how women were not able to vote until the early 1900s. We learn about how women's suffrage was a pivotal movement in the US history that finally gave women the right to vote. That change certainly did not happen overnight, but over persistent, devoted fighting and protesting. In terms of social justice, we are often stumped by the idea that, "I'm just a single person. How am I able to make any changes at all in the world?" And often times, all it takes is one step forward, then people with similar mindsets will also come forward and eventually a small change becomes a huge impact.
In The Tipping Point, Gladwell mentions why some ideas "tip" and others do not which I never paid much attention to. It has been a very interesting read thus far. One thing that really stood out to me is when Gladwell gives the three rules for the tipping point: contagiousness; the fact that little causes can have big effects; and change happens in one moment. Often times we don't pay attention to the smallest details, which may be the success of failure of a "thing".
The book is very intriguing and I am looking forward to finishing it. I was expecting it to be a book based on one persons perspective. I feel this book is going to help me have a different outlook. The first couple of chapters really are interesting as they discuss the three rules of epidemics and later mentions a juncture in which Gladwell terms "the tipping point." I enjoy this book because it explains the trend and popular things and how they happen.
So far the Tipping Point has turned out to be quite interesting. I never thought that ideas and trends were a process where it takes three people to make these ideas happen. That was the first thing that caught my attention. I also enjoy the fact that the author using life events to explain the tipping point. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the book and seeing what the rest is about.
For sure this is not what I expected. I was looking for another novel or something like that. I always thought that things or people gain popularity due to the right publicity. I never stopped and think about when, and why they tip. I like the explanation for “Mavens.” I know one of those, this friend of mine knows everything related to any sports (and he is not an athlete though). You can ask him about players, teams, leagues, championships. He know about their history, looses, gains….I mean, he knows everything. And he has the influence to have people listening to him. Probably this is the kind of people companies hire to do their advertising. The more I think about this idea, I guess almost everything on life has a tipping point. It makes sense.
While reading this book so far, I have realized that it is more interesting than I thought. I wouldn't expect to that ideas or trends die. Now that I realize they ideas and trends do die. One compelling idea I noticed was the diseases back then. How syphilis tipped in Baltimore. Almost questioning like how did it go away? Cant wait to read more of the book.
I think "The Tipping Point" is a very interesting book so far; it has made me view things in a different perspective than I had. For example, I use to think that in order for things to go viral or become a trend, it would have to take a lot of people to make it happen, but after reading the first few chapters Gladwell (2000) points out that it only takes a small number of people such as the example from the Hush Puppies, to make something a trend. I think that is the most compelling idea, the fact that only a small number of people can have an impact on society whether it is in a trend or epidemics. I have to say that at first I was avoiding to read the book because I was not sure what it was going to be about, but once I got to through the first chapter I figured how easy it was to read it and how I got to learn something that is very interesting, and very present in our everyday life. I am actually looking forward to finishing the book an learning more about the idea of why and how things tipped.
The tittle says it all "The Tipping Point," I was thinking of something totally different before I read the book. I was caught off guard. I was thinking that a number of people in a population had enough of this stigma and they want to change it, which is the tipping point of something. As I read the introduction, it wasn't really what I thought. This is more about fashion, fad, and something that really caught on populations eye by accident. It is more about the "theory" of the information behind why and how things become a fad. One thing that caught my attention is one of the theory of contagiousness. The theory of contagiousness is used as a positive connotation to it, that one thing is like a virus and it grows exponentially. Take this theory to the market or fashion, this is how things became popular in no time. But it also makes me think that things like this that caught on fire that quick, and that fast, suddenly the gas of the fire will be put out.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to get in deep to the book yet. I actually thought that the book was going to be just about what his views were of things. I think one of the things or idea that I have found most interesting about the book would definitely be the idea of tipping. I had never really thought about how some things “tip” and It made me start thinking about things differently. I have high hopes for this book and I know I’m going to enjoy it a lot.
I love the idea about the Mavens. I think that these are great people to have in the family or as friends. I am in the market right now to purchase a vehicle and their information sure would come in handy. What I like about Mavens, is that they want to share this information with others. We need more of them in our society.
One compelling idea I found in the book is that small factors can make a big difference. I think that the Tipping Point contains a lot of complex analyses, which change the nature of epidemics, crime, and sales. The Tipping Point is like a graph, which dramatically increases from one side of the graph, and tips (falls) at a certain period in the graph. I think this book is good for people, who want to take classes based on statistics. I think that the spreading of information, small rules, and small changes helped increase sales, helped reduce crime rates in New York, and helped change the nature of the Syphilis virus. I think this book might help me in my major, because I can study computers, go to the workplace to design new gadgets, and use my entrepreneur selling skills to make great electronic sales in my company. I can even research a lot of information about Shark Tank, watch this same show on television, and do several practice presentations in my spare time (after work). This process of information gathering, presenting, and entrepreneurship skills can cause my minimal company sales to tip higher and skyrocket. I may not know much about entrepreneurship, but I can learn a few tips, in order to change the reality of electronic sales. I am currently enjoying this book, and I am hoping to read the rest of it. This book contains a lot of analytical facts, and I am trying to understand the main ideas within each story. This book reminds me of the show Mythbusters, because it tries to prove how small tools can change an overall outcome.
I have barely started reading the book. But as I continue to read my understanding is how things "tip". Different things in life tip for different reasons. From numerous aspects of our lives we have been apart of something that has tipped. From things such as clothing, medicine, disease, trends, technological advances. These are all things that have tipped. But we never have taken a stance and viewed that it took something in particular for it to do so. I believe this will be an interesting book and am excited to see what it has to offer.
I have just read two chapters and I believe the book is very interesting. I believe the title is perfect for the book because we are able to see how something is on a tipping point and either it fails or succeed. Something compelling I found in the first chapters is that something small can become something so huge. It is interesting that the author uses events that are familiar to us and I am very excited to continue reading the book.
To my surprise the book Tipping Point has been an enjoyable read-so far. I didn't think it would be very interesting since I am not much into business and figured that was the bulk of the information the book would provide. But so far it seems to be more about the psyche of people and how things tend to "stick" with us. I would say the most compelling idea I have noticed from the first couple of chapters is that while things "tip" for different reasons it takes a series of little things to really make something popular. One of the most important factors would be the people involved. People have a bigger impact than what might be imagined. Also, I found it very interesting that the theory of the tipping point can be attributed to things other than material items.
I really like how this books uses real world examples. It almost distracts me because I've been stopping to google the different epidemics and outbreaks. One idea I've noticed that I find interesting is how the "the tipping point" is caused just by one small change. For example the syphilis outbreak became so explosive because what seemed to be small changes caused the tipping point.
So before I heard about the book, I thought the Tipping Point was just going to be another book about a story of some sorts ( I guess I didn't pay much attention to the title). As I read the first chapters, I realized how it is about the real world and actual events. The idea of something becoming trendy, not just in the fashion industry but through societies behavior, and how exactly it becomes a movement in its own is just mind blowing. Sometimes I am blinded by why something is popular and why something is not, I don't even notice it much. But when you actually think about it and the details within it, the tipping point of an object, idea, or behavior is all caused by Something. Whether it be the Hush Puppies shoes or an infectious disease, it is all started by someone, somewhere, sometime. Just the first chapters have me observing todays trends and how they became in style, because it is truly bizarre how just random stuff sometimes could become viral and contagious throughout a society and even nation wide.
While reading the book, I have come across many interesting points. Before reading this book, I never thought about the way things “tipped,” much less that there was a certain word for what happened with these products or epidemics. As I read on, I kept thinking about the things that have tipped in my lifetime. Reading this book has begun to help me understand why. One compelling idea I noticed from the book was the three agents of change; “The Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, and the Power of Context.” I thought this was interesting because it explains why something tips and it is because a change occurs in one or more of these areas.
- Something I found compelling from The Tipping Point was right at the beginning at page 5. It is fascinating how the hush puppies became a hot trend simply and quickly after two fashion designers used them. To think that Hush Puppies' sales would continue to gradually get decline if those two designers did not touch the shoes, is pretty wild. How things trend and work is amazing.
After starting the book, I started to really think about how one small event can make a huge difference. One thing that stuck out to me was how they mentioned yawning being contagious. Every time I see someone yawn, it makes me yawn. To me, this concept is very strange and true at the same time. I believe that the title of the book is the best fit because it shows how people reach that point of no return. I'm very excited to continue reading the book.
I think this book is already very interesting because he is mentioning a lot of psychologists and that is my major. A compelling idea that I read about was the idea of proximity being why we are close with people that we are close to. I have heard that before in one of my psychology classes, so it was nice to have that reiterated to me. I have always told people who tell me that they have tried to stay in contact with a friend who moved away and because of that they are not as close that the further away people are to us, the harder it is to maintain a relationship. We are drawn to the people who we are within close proximity of and he also mentions how we are drawn to people who share similar activities. He mentions how we do not seek out our friends. Very interesting idea to think about.
As I was reading the book I noticed instantly how the author said that no one was trying to make the Hush Puppies a trend, it happened unexpectedly. That made me think about todays society in regards to fashion and trends. Like how the Tie Dye shirts have came back into fashion big time now and almost every clothing store has them in there all year round. Things become trendy just by default because people will always veer towards something that isn't popular, it will be something that is seen worn by a few people and then it will blow up.
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This course has some weekly assignments that you must keep up on. There are also a few other papers and books to read throughout the semester. But if you keep up with the weekly assignments on here, your writing will improve and you will put yourself in a great position to do well in this class!
These are time sensitive. You do not receive credit if you write them after the deadline(Saturday) each week. Furthermore, if you are in the habit of writing everything on Saturday you will not receive full credit. Why? There would be no time for others to interact with your writing. Write early; write often! Right? Right!
HERE IS THE WORK THAT MUST BE COMPLETED EACH WEEK...
FIRST, there's a blog entry (about 250 words) which will have you respond to a hopefully thought-provoking question. Each week, you must do the blog entry with enough time left in the week to be able to enter into dialogue online with your classmates. Write, reply, write more, reply more, and then write and reply more.
SECOND, there's a reading. There’s no blog entry associated with this. Just read.
THIRD, there's a written response to the reading. Your reading and writing on the blog must be completed by the SATURDAY (by midnight) of the week in which the reading falls. This entry should be a long paragraph. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO OTHER STUDENTS IN PART THREE EACH WEEK.
Well for starters I was really surprise to what I was reading didn’t know it was going to be or even start talking about a fashion shoot I believe, my mind was thinking of a whole different story I thought it was going to be based on someone’s perspective. But as the reading goes on you see that they throw a lot of fashion designers and their work. I was really surprise and didn’t expect that from the book but hey what’s the old saying, don’t judge its book by its cover and that’s exactly what I did so I’m glad I started reading and as I read I was learning so many new things that I didn’t know about, I can see that the book is focusing in the beginning on Hush Puppies and if I didn’t read this I would think that the book was talking about puppies, a dog shoot, or a dos show HA! But I see that fashion is everything in this book and I like how the author keeps throwing out famous names such as Calvin Kline and naming big cities like Los Angeles and New York. The one thing that caught my attention the most so far about this book is when Malcolm Gladwell mentioned, “At some mysterious and critical point. 6 THE TIPPING POINT the crime rate began to turn. It tipped. Within five' years, murders had dropped 64.3 percent to 770 and total crimes had fallen by almost half to 355,893.” It funny because in today’s world the crime has double if not tripled we have to compare the rate of the crime but either way this spoke to me in so many ways. This book should be entertaining and can’t wait to see what’s waiting for me at the end of the rainbow.
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I can say I noticed any compelling ideas, but did come across some interesting observations. Children losing interest in Sesame Street when the adults came on at the end rang true because I was one of those kids that lost interest.
ReplyDeleteThe method that made Blues Clues so popular, and the fact they ran the same episodes during the week because of how the viewers liked watching them over, finding things they missed when watching the first time. I find myself doing that with movies, cartoons, documentaries, which made this section interesting for me.
The observations made in a University of Michigan study regarding first time smokers in chapter seven was interesting being a former smoker. It mentioned that those that gained some sort of pleasure when smoking their first cigarette was what perpetuated an individual becoming a smoker. Then there was the observation of the amount or degree of the 'buzz' the individual received smoking their butt, and 78% of heavy smokers remembered their first time, which I found really astounding. I found the entire discussion and data shared very interesting. The fact smokers drink more coffee than non-smokers makes sense, and though I drink coffee I do not drink near as much as I did when I smoked.
After reading the first few chapters of the book, a compelling idea that I found in the third chapter was the one where it talks about whether a trend will attain exponential popularity and which Gladwell terms “the stickiness factor.” This particular idea was interesting because it refers to how certain things “stick” in the minds of the public and influence their future behavior. I never payed attention at how true this statement is, we often get stuck on certain TV shows and series without even realizing we are being victims of this factor. I found this particular idea compelling because it is something that we see happening almost on a daily basis with all the new trends and all the new shows airing today. Gladwell uses the example of the PBS show Sesame Street and the “stickiness” of children’s television, in large part because it was able to changed how people viewed children’s cognitive abilities and television-watching behaviors on their heads. There's also evidence from research which proved that such behaviors result in significant improvements in children’s logic and reasoning abilities. The attribute of stickiness factor involves how effective an idea or product stays in the mind of the potential viewer or consumer. Which is evident today since kids can memorize entire songs, movies, and shows. I thought this particular point was interesting , often we take for granted many of the things that we see or experience throughout the day, but subconsciously they have a large effect on us. Also, this whole stickiness thing is the reason why make things so famous, because we tend to find interest and never leave it behind.
ReplyDeleteThe most compelling idea I see in the book so far through chapter 1 is that of how behaviors and epidemics stick to people. What I mean by this is that people might see something and tend to feel a certain way about something because someone of a higher or lower social order acted or looked this way. That when the author goes into talking about how only a few people need to start doing something until hundreds of people catch on and continue it, creating a large widespread of similar ideas. Big cities play a major role in this because so many people are crammed into one tiny spot. Ideas are able to travel very quickly. Other than these few examples I have not seen any other main compelling ideas as of yet!
ReplyDeletejason, i totally agree with you when you said that people tend to feel a certain way when something is is said in a certain way and also when they might see it as an higher or lower social order, its funny because thats actually the reality we live in.
DeleteSince I have been reading The Tipping Point, I have found it to be interesting. I like how the author uses real-world experiences to explain the tipping point of stuff. Chapter one was what really caught my attention when he was talking about how the STD had spread in a certain area and why it hit the tipping point. What was shocking to learn was when the author was explaining the story about the lady that was attacked but no one did nothing. And it is sad but this is common and people do not realize that. So far the reading is great and I am enjoying the book. To learn the tipping points of different real-world situations is compelling because its just not based on products or videos hitting the tipping point but it can be a disease, medication, or even just the many people you know and how you got to the point to meeting these people in your lives. It’s the little things that can make a big difference. The way the author puts things together to understand his point is clear and I think that this is what catches the readers attention.
ReplyDeleteA compelling idea I noticed from chapter two about the people who are mavens, connectors and salesman. I already know I am an introvert I tend to like being indoors and stay with my wife and dogs all the time. I know people on Facebook that have hundreds of friends and maybe they feel connected to them. I thought it was interesting how Gladwell said that in the college class they averaged knowing about twenty one of the surnames of people in their life. I felt weird looking at it myself because I scored a zero on that. I also think it is interesting how Gladwell explains we are friends with people based on age or race and proximity of living together. Before I moved to Bakersfield I had roughly five friends I saw pretty regularly. Like he said in the chapter we were similar age and also shared activities together. Living further away from those old friends has essentially caused those friendships to disappear. The tipping point of the distance caused those friendships to fizzle out. Another compelling idea from this chapter is the idea of the six degrees of separation. An idea that everyone can be connected by six or fewer people. I think t his concept is one to wrap your mind around. Being that closely connected to so many people would explain how the hush puppies tipped in the 90's. There was something I saw online once about virtually every actor in a movie shares a six degrees of separation with Kevin Bacon. The last thing from this chapter that really made me reflect in the comparison between Revere and Dawes. I am a huge sports fan and I thought of last years NFL draft. Jared Goff taken by the rams was the first overall pick in the draft. Dak Prescott was taken in the fourth overall round by the Dallas Cowboys. You would think the number one overall pick would dominate headlines all year. He was forgotten because of poor coaching, team and play. Dak Prescott is a connector a leader of men. He plays for a team with the star on his helmet and has a team owner that thinks he is also a star. If the two players switched places I still think Dak would garner more attention and eyes on the Rams than Goff would playing for the Cowboys.
ReplyDeleteAfter starting to read this book what I thought about it is that small events can have a dramatic change. Also, people have big influence on whether something will stay popular or desist. Its fascinating how one insignificant thing can cause dramatic change if the attracts the attention of others. One important idea I noticed was when Gladwell talking about yawning and how contagious it is. As he talked about it I yawned myself. I realized how easily we can be influenced by just reading a passage and be drawn into it.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading the book The Tipping Point, the most compelling idea that stood out to me was fashion. It did not cross my mind that the book would have a point of view on fashion. It talked about how the Hush Puppies brand were at their lowest point during the 1994-1995. But they made a quick progressive comeback. It is true that the smallest thing can make a big difference. A small group of kids, without knowing it, they brought the Hush Puppies back in style. After companies saw the shoes, they started selling them in their stores. They didn't have to put a lot of effort to bring the shoes in style, it just happened automatically. The tipping point in the fashion, meant that at a certain time they dramatically decreased their sales, but a dramatic increased increase too. Even now a days you see fashion that is making its way back to style. It seems that fashion always come backs, even though, it might seem at its lowest point.
ReplyDeleteI think this book has a very interesting topic, explaining the diverse ways things can explode in society. I don’t mean this literally but there are several reasons why certain things spread at an alarming rate. The author begins by stating there are three rules which causes these events to occur. One idea that I found interesting was the Law of Tipping Point. There were three laws and I thought each one had a different aspect to it than the other. These rules can also be applied to many things including health epidemics, fashion trends, or anything else that may have the potential to spread. I like how the author has plenty of examples to support his findings and ideas. As the world is constantly changing, we see plenty of things that become extremely popular or more common, and the reasons for these behaviors is something I have never really considered.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying this book so far, funny thing is my boyfriend had recommended it to me before this class. But I find it interesting how easily something could either become so popular or go unknown, how it reaches the tipping point. A company could be going bankrupt, losing all their business and out of no where a popular group of people could bring the company back to life. It could be unintentional but it makes a huge impact. Someone already mentioned this in a previous post but I agree with them, what else was interesting was that a large percent of smokers remember the first time they smoked. That blows my mind, you would think something like that is not important but considering it's a big part in their life it makes an impact.
ReplyDelete"The Tipping Point" is an interesting book. I have never thoroughly thought about why things "tip" and Gladwell certainly illustrated and highlighted new, thought-compelling ideas to my mind. Gladwell's mention of the three principles of epidemics, especially the second one - that little changes can cause big effects - stood out to me the most. I immediately relate that principle to how history has changed over the centuries. One example is how women were not able to vote until the early 1900s. We learn about how women's suffrage was a pivotal movement in the US history that finally gave women the right to vote. That change certainly did not happen overnight, but over persistent, devoted fighting and protesting. In terms of social justice, we are often stumped by the idea that, "I'm just a single person. How am I able to make any changes at all in the world?" And often times, all it takes is one step forward, then people with similar mindsets will also come forward and eventually a small change becomes a huge impact.
ReplyDeleteIn The Tipping Point, Gladwell mentions why some ideas "tip" and others do not which I never paid much attention to. It has been a very interesting read thus far. One thing that really stood out to me is when Gladwell gives the three rules for the tipping point: contagiousness; the fact that little causes can have big effects; and change happens in one moment. Often times we don't pay attention to the smallest details, which may be the success of failure of a "thing".
ReplyDeleteThe book is very intriguing and I am looking forward to finishing it. I was expecting it to be a book based on one persons perspective. I feel this book is going to help me have a different outlook. The first couple of chapters really are interesting as they discuss the three rules of epidemics and later mentions a juncture in which Gladwell terms "the tipping point." I enjoy this book because it explains the trend and popular things and how they happen.
ReplyDeleteSo far the Tipping Point has turned out to be quite interesting. I never thought that ideas and trends were a process where it takes three people to make these ideas happen. That was the first thing that caught my attention. I also enjoy the fact that the author using life events to explain the tipping point. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the book and seeing what the rest is about.
ReplyDeleteFor sure this is not what I expected. I was looking for another novel or something like that. I always thought that things or people gain popularity due to the right publicity. I never stopped and think about when, and why they tip. I like the explanation for “Mavens.” I know one of those, this friend of mine knows everything related to any sports (and he is not an athlete though). You can ask him about players, teams, leagues, championships. He know about their history, looses, gains….I mean, he knows everything. And he has the influence to have people listening to him. Probably this is the kind of people companies hire to do their advertising. The more I think about this idea, I guess almost everything on life has a tipping point. It makes sense.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading this book so far, I have realized that it is more interesting than I thought. I wouldn't expect to that ideas or trends die. Now that I realize they ideas and trends do die. One compelling idea I noticed was the diseases back then. How syphilis tipped in Baltimore. Almost questioning like how did it go away? Cant wait to read more of the book.
ReplyDeleteI think "The Tipping Point" is a very interesting book so far; it has made me view things in a different perspective than I had. For example, I use to think that in order for things to go viral or become a trend, it would have to take a lot of people to make it happen, but after reading the first few chapters Gladwell (2000) points out that it only takes a small number of people such as the example from the Hush Puppies, to make something a trend. I think that is the most compelling idea, the fact that only a small number of people can have an impact on society whether it is in a trend or epidemics. I have to say that at first I was avoiding to read the book because I was not sure what it was going to be about, but once I got to through the first chapter I figured how easy it was to read it and how I got to learn something that is very interesting, and very present in our everyday life. I am actually looking forward to finishing the book an learning more about the idea of why and how things tipped.
ReplyDeleteThe tittle says it all "The Tipping Point," I was thinking of something totally different before I read the book. I was caught off guard. I was thinking that a number of people in a population had enough of this stigma and they want to change it, which is the tipping point of something. As I read the introduction, it wasn't really what I thought. This is more about fashion, fad, and something that really caught on populations eye by accident. It is more about the "theory" of the information behind why and how things become a fad. One thing that caught my attention is one of the theory of contagiousness. The theory of contagiousness is used as a positive connotation to it, that one thing is like a virus and it grows exponentially. Take this theory to the market or fashion, this is how things became popular in no time. But it also makes me think that things like this that caught on fire that quick, and that fast, suddenly the gas of the fire will be put out.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have not been able to get in deep to the book yet. I actually thought that the book was going to be just about what his views were of things. I think one of the things or idea that I have found most interesting about the book would definitely be the idea of tipping. I had never really thought about how some things “tip” and It made me start thinking about things differently. I have high hopes for this book and I know I’m going to enjoy it a lot.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea about the Mavens. I think that these are great people to have in the family or as friends. I am in the market right now to purchase a vehicle and their information sure would come in handy. What I like about Mavens, is that they want to share this information with others. We need more of them in our society.
ReplyDeleteOne compelling idea I found in the book is that small factors can make a big difference. I think that the Tipping Point contains a lot of complex analyses, which change the nature of epidemics, crime, and sales. The Tipping Point is like a graph, which dramatically increases from one side of the graph, and tips (falls) at a certain period in the graph. I think this book is good for people, who want to take classes based on statistics. I think that the spreading of information, small rules, and small changes helped increase sales, helped reduce crime rates in New York, and helped change the nature of the Syphilis virus. I think this book might help me in my major, because I can study computers, go to the workplace to design new gadgets, and use my entrepreneur selling skills to make great electronic sales in my company. I can even research a lot of information about Shark Tank, watch this same show on television, and do several practice presentations in my spare time (after work). This process of information gathering, presenting, and entrepreneurship skills can cause my minimal company sales to tip higher and skyrocket. I may not know much about entrepreneurship, but I can learn a few tips, in order to change the reality of electronic sales. I am currently enjoying this book, and I am hoping to read the rest of it. This book contains a lot of analytical facts, and I am trying to understand the main ideas within each story. This book reminds me of the show Mythbusters, because it tries to prove how small tools can change an overall outcome.
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I have barely started reading the book. But as I continue to read my understanding is how things "tip". Different things in life tip for different reasons. From numerous aspects of our lives we have been apart of something that has tipped. From things such as clothing, medicine, disease, trends, technological advances. These are all things that have tipped. But we never have taken a stance and viewed that it took something in particular for it to do so. I believe this will be an interesting book and am excited to see what it has to offer.
ReplyDeleteI have just read two chapters and I believe the book is very interesting. I believe the title is perfect for the book because we are able to see how something is on a tipping point and either it fails or succeed. Something compelling I found in the first chapters is that something small can become something so huge. It is interesting that the author uses events that are familiar to us and I am very excited to continue reading the book.
ReplyDeleteTo my surprise the book Tipping Point has been an enjoyable read-so far. I didn't think it would be very interesting since I am not much into business and figured that was the bulk of the information the book would provide. But so far it seems to be more about the psyche of people and how things tend to "stick" with us. I would say the most compelling idea I have noticed from the first couple of chapters is that while things "tip" for different reasons it takes a series of little things to really make something popular. One of the most important factors would be the people involved. People have a bigger impact than what might be imagined. Also, I found it very interesting that the theory of the tipping point can be attributed to things other than material items.
ReplyDeleteI really like how this books uses real world examples. It almost distracts me because I've been stopping to google the different epidemics and outbreaks. One idea I've noticed that I find interesting is how the "the tipping point" is caused just by one small change. For example the syphilis outbreak became so explosive because what seemed to be small changes caused the tipping point.
ReplyDeleteSo before I heard about the book, I thought the Tipping Point was just going to be another book about a story of some sorts ( I guess I didn't pay much attention to the title). As I read the first chapters, I realized how it is about the real world and actual events. The idea of something becoming trendy, not just in the fashion industry but through societies behavior, and how exactly it becomes a movement in its own is just mind blowing. Sometimes I am blinded by why something is popular and why something is not, I don't even notice it much. But when you actually think about it and the details within it, the tipping point of an object, idea, or behavior is all caused by Something. Whether it be the Hush Puppies shoes or an infectious disease, it is all started by someone, somewhere, sometime. Just the first chapters have me observing todays trends and how they became in style, because it is truly bizarre how just random stuff sometimes could become viral and contagious throughout a society and even nation wide.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading the book, I have come across many interesting points. Before reading this book, I never thought about the way things “tipped,” much less that there was a certain word for what happened with these products or epidemics. As I read on, I kept thinking about the things that have tipped in my lifetime. Reading this book has begun to help me understand why.
ReplyDeleteOne compelling idea I noticed from the book was the three agents of change; “The Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, and the Power of Context.”
I thought this was interesting because it explains why something tips and it is because a change occurs in one or more of these areas.
- Something I found compelling from The Tipping Point was right at the beginning at page 5. It is fascinating how the hush puppies became a hot trend simply and quickly after two fashion designers used them. To think that Hush Puppies' sales would continue to gradually get decline if those two designers did not touch the shoes, is pretty wild. How things trend and work is amazing.
ReplyDeleteAfter starting the book, I started to really think about how one small event can make a huge difference. One thing that stuck out to me was how they mentioned yawning being contagious. Every time I see someone yawn, it makes me yawn. To me, this concept is very strange and true at the same time. I believe that the title of the book is the best fit because it shows how people reach that point of no return. I'm very excited to continue reading the book.
ReplyDeleteI think this book is already very interesting because he is mentioning a lot of psychologists and that is my major. A compelling idea that I read about was the idea of proximity being why we are close with people that we are close to. I have heard that before in one of my psychology classes, so it was nice to have that reiterated to me. I have always told people who tell me that they have tried to stay in contact with a friend who moved away and because of that they are not as close that the further away people are to us, the harder it is to maintain a relationship. We are drawn to the people who we are within close proximity of and he also mentions how we are drawn to people who share similar activities. He mentions how we do not seek out our friends. Very interesting idea to think about.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading the book I noticed instantly how the author said that no one was trying to make the Hush Puppies a trend, it happened unexpectedly. That made me think about todays society in regards to fashion and trends. Like how the Tie Dye shirts have came back into fashion big time now and almost every clothing store has them in there all year round. Things become trendy just by default because people will always veer towards something that isn't popular, it will be something that is seen worn by a few people and then it will blow up.
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