Monday, October 3, 2011
Malcolm Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce #4
I have listened to a lot of speeches throughout my career in school; some I liked and some I didn't. Mr. Gladwell's speech was one that I could relate to somewhat. His main points of the speech were that people like all different kinds of varieties of food, drink etc. There is no "one kind fits all" of anything. He talks about Pepsi and spaghetti sauce and how you have to make more than one variety to please everyone. I agree with this point and compare it to how people learn. There are many varieties of ways to learn things. I am more of an auditory learner. I learn best by listening whereas other people may learn better by doing hands on things. His next point was that people don't really know what they want. He made this point by mentioning mustard and that there are only two kinds. People thought they were happy with the mustard until they came up with gourmet mustard that cost more. I also agree with this because people will go with name brand clothing because it is more expensive and they think it is the best which it not always is. There is no one right way to do things. Malcolm puts it as there is more than one way to make a recipe. I agree with this because I like homemade spaghetti sauce compared to the stuff in the jars. The final point of his speech was to embrace people for their differences. He used coffee as an example. Not everyone likes the same coffee. I also agree with this point. The reason I say this is lots of my friends like Fords, but they are pieces of garbage. I prefer Dodge. Thats why they make so many kinds of trucks so they make everybody happy. This speech was kind of weird for me because I hate spaghetti, however a lot of his points made sense and now I understand why we watched it. Personally I would enjoy watching more of Malcolm Gladwell's speeches in the future.
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