Summary Of The Science Of Success By David Dobbs

To be successful, one must live in a good environment and grow up with good parenting skills. The environment and parents have a huge impact on a child's life that leads to a great future but it all depends on what's around them. In the article “The Science of Success” by David Dobbs, talks about genes as dandelions and orchids and the effects from the environment and parenting skills. Dandelion is someone who has genes that are able to adapt on different environments. However, an orchid is someone who has genes that has a hard time accepting changes. They can be fragile, but if treated with proper care they can easily adapt to change. Living in a bad environment and receiving poor parenting, a child can end up being depressed, drug addicts, or in jail. As if one lives in a good environment and parenting skills, a child grows up being creative and successful.

It casts them as products not of nature or nurture but of complex “gene-environment interactions.” Your genes don’t doom you to these disorders. But if you have “bad” versions of certain genes and life treats you ill, you’re more prone to them.” In other words, if someone has bad genes but lives in a good environment with great parents, they are less likely to show characteristics of someone who is suppose to have depression or become a drug addict. As for someone with bad genes and lives in a bad community with poor parenting skills, they are much more likely to become the person they were born to be because of the bad genes. Therefore, what matters the most whether you have bad or good genes, is the community and parenting skills. If one lives the good life because of their family, they gain the support and knowledge they need to be independent and