Martha Stewart 10, 000 Hours Analysis

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Jennifer Campbell Professor Kaufman English 091 23 March 2015 “It’s a Good Thing” Raised with strict discipline that instilled the value of self-sufficiency and domineering perfection, Martha Stewart created an empire that is alive and thriving today (encyclopedia.com). In “10,000 Hours,” Malcolm Gladwell argues that role of preparation plays a bigger part than innate talent in the career paths of extraordinary people (576), and Martha Stewart is no exception. Martha Stewart excelled as an entrepreneur through hard work, education, and self-promotion to become a household name in home fashion and creative cooking. Driven by self-supported hard work, Martha Stewart started her career in high school and put herself through college by working as a model in print ads and commercials. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, modeling carried a prestige and was more than just clothes draped over androgynous women. Martha declined a full scholarship to New York University due to the higher cost of living in New York City. Instead she chose to attend Barnard College with only a partial scholarship and paid the rest of her own tuition herself to…show more content…
She then created her own magazine that is still the unofficial rival of Good Housekeeping (Bio.com). This multi-million dollar media franchise was all focused on her personal brand centered on her face, image, and name. This was not new to Martha after all of the years she supported herself as a model. She has it all – mother, wife, mogul. The hard work paid off. Martha’s judicious taste was encapsulated in her trademark epithet “It’s a good thing” (encyclopedia.com). Her impact on American culture and business can be seen everywhere, from the cookware in your home, affordable home fashion and recipes from her countless books and magazines, to roasting Justin Bieber on Comedy

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