So last Monday I wrote this and posted it, however, since I am new to blogging, I just realized I just saved it and didn’t post it, so here it is a week later…

I usually hate reading required books, and usually hate the content of the books even more.  However, I find The Tipping Point by Gladwell quite interesting and unique.  I have found the book to be very interesting thus far, but won’t go as far to say I love the book, I just find it interesting.  However, after reading the article by Gladwell, I have been able to look at both works from a much more objective standpoint.  I personally think that a tipping point develops differently based on what is actually tipping, and that in most instances, both Gladwell and Watts make contradicting but correct statements.

However, personally, I think it takes more then one person, in most cases, to start or activate a tipping point (this statement is obviously excluding Oprah).  I think that if a single person can start a tipping point of a product, and they are not Oprah, that it is pure luck that they have tipped a product. For example, for me to single-handedly begin a ‘tip,’ I would need to be telling and targeting people who have a use for the product and who will purchase it, use it, and also rave about it.  This can be tricky depending on people and on their need for a given product.

I am not sure how much sense I am making because blogging seems to promote the rambling side of me to come out…