What Drives Success

"What Drives Success?" by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld for The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/opinion/sunday/what-drives-success.html?emc=eta1&_r=1

This week in class we were assigned to read the article "What Drives Success?" by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld of the New York Times. This article talks about how most of the economically achieving races in America are achieving by three main reasons. These reasons area superiority complex, being insecure/ driven for their future, and last but not least impulse control. One of the populations that this article talks about is the Jewish people. I believe that Jews possess these traits because when we came to this country, we came from either nothing or very small towns in the countryside where their villages would get burned to the ground just for being Jewish. Therefore their parents taught them how they had to be proud of who they are; hence the superiority complex. They also taught their children that everything they do counts towards their future and from personal experience, I know that parents have very high expectations for their children. That explains why Jews posses the drive for a good future. Finally Impulse control is taught from a young age in the Jewish religion. When I was little I was taught you always have to say the motzi and the blessing over all the food and drink before you can eat. I think it is very interesting to look at all of the things that are the reasons why Jews are successful are also the lessons that are taught to us as a whole people for life lessons and not for the one reason to be the most successful.