Introduction and Chapter 1 of Tipping Point

The introduction was very eye opening, the introduction alone sparked my interests to get excited for this book. The introduction was packed full of informative detail which is all I need to continue reading with increased focus and intensity. The main point that sparked my attention was to make a change, someone must start a new trend. A little action called changing your behavior. Then after awhile this behavior will become contagious, and more and more people will become part of the movement of change. This will bring about so many new things just by a simple act of contagious change. This is why the Hush Puppies became popular, kids in New York City just started wearing them around and then by word of mouth and by staying true to wearing the shoes, the shoes became outragiously popular, taking the Country by storm, just because kids decided to wear something different. This theory also related to the crime decrease in New York, because people decided to stop all the violence and illegal acts, the streets became safe again and the people enjoyed the new looking streets and neighborhoods and the feeling became contagious and those New York streets became safe and normal again. This book provided a powerful introduction that has me excited to keep on reading.

MLK Night with Mr. Byron Pitts... CNN Reporter

I just want to start off this paper by emphasizing how great this Program was. Mr. Bryon Pitts is one solid, well rounded human being. He is so down to earth but yet so much of an important man to our society. He is intelligent, well driven and humble. Mr. Pitts carries himself with great class and a wonderful outlook on life. He is one inspiring human and we all can learn from him. His back ground in life is more trying than the average mans. He has seen things and been many places that more than half the world will never see in a lifetime. He has been to 38 different countries, has seen people stoned to death, seen criminals been put to death, has seen mass killings, and has seen firsthand the happenings of the terror attacks of September 11. To witness these types of tragic events, takes a person of great character, inner strength and spirituality, and this man had it all. You could just feel his positive vibe takeover the audience. It was just a powerful night in fisher auditorium. His struggles in his lifetime made him such a powerful and humbled man. When he was growing up he suffered from a stuttering issue in his speech and a lack of intelligence. But he worked hard to overcome it all, with the helping hand of his mother and is now and Emmy winning reporter and a very successful man willing to help anyone even students. At the end of the night he gave out his own personal email address to the whole
audience. It is was just a great evening that I wish all could have attended, because no matter who you where, you could have taken something from his speech and could have received some enlightenment from Mr. Byron Pitts. I just cannot say enough about this man, he was just spectacular. Then along with Mr. Pitts where many speeches and dances that were in respect to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the African American Culture. Some were done by students and some were done by Professors but no matter who they were done by, they all did a great job in respects to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the African American Heritage.

Books and Articles I Often Read

When comparing the "The Tipping Point," to books I normally read, it is a book that I would consider reading. I like to read books that provide information, facts and specific detail that increases my knowledge on new respective subjects. I am not big on reading mystery or scary books or things of that nature. If a am goin to read I want it to be beneifical to my knowledge base, so that I too can pass on the new information in which I just consumed. I enjoy reading new and interesting facts. This helps me stay focused and motivated towards reading.