chapter 5: the three lessons of joe flom by kyle uhlich patrick robertson simon un
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CHAPTER 5: THE THREE LESSONS OF JOE FLOMBy Kyle Uhlich
Patrick Robertson
Simon Un
STORY OF JOE FLOM
Poor boy
Dad worked in garment factory
Constantly moved
Got into Townsend Harris Public School Then Harvard Law School
One of the professors told about a job at a new law firm
Law firm started as only 4 people
Flom became successful and then there were more and more lawyers
LESSON ONE: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING JEWISH
Religion was a big problem in work aspect Many Jewish lawyers shut out of bigger
law firms
Rejection = good thing
“White shoe” didn’t want to touch on certain cases
Needed Joe Flom and other Jewish lawyers
There was a need for representation in cases
Jewish lawyers had experience made them successful
Proxy fights made Joe Flom famous
LESSON 2: DEMOGRAPHIC LUCK
Born in early 1930s = many benefits New York public schools were the best in the 1940s
1903-1911 = more chances for unlucky future
1912-1917 = more chances for lucky future Great Depression
WWI
Less babies born
LESSON 3: GARMENT INDUSTRY AND MEANINGFUL WORK
Family trees that started with Jewish garment workers successful doctors and workers
Garment working mentality
A lot is expected
Business experts profit money used for education
FURTHER QUESTIONING
I wondered why living in a certain specific place could affect your success so much.
Gladwell explains how Jewish lawyers’ parents occupation affects success.
He wanted us to realize that being poor and discriminated against was actually a good thing for Jewish lawyers born in the 1930’s.
FURTHER QUESTIONING
Wondered why white-shoe firms were trying to hunt down lawyers who were good at proxy fights
i.e Joe Flom.
Gladwell wants us to believe that lawyers who were considered useless to big firms rose to legitimacy after firms wanted to expand on business.
Gladwell wants us to explore how all stories of success have come from the world changing.
CONNECTIONS
Text-to-world
James Baldwin Born August, 1924 Harlem, New
York
Mother divorced father
Married preacher
Very poor
CONNECTIONS
How was he inspired? Emile Capouya met Beauford Delaney
Emile gave James Delaney’s address
Finally visited, and it changed him.
CONNECTIONS
How do Joe Flom and James Baldwin relate? Both born same year (1924)
Both suffered through poor early life
Both had random opportunity for inspiration
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