What makes some people more successful than others? (income, education, high family stability, low crime rate)

1. (income, education, high family stability,
low crime rate)
Partly inspired by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, THE TRIPLE PACKAGE: How Three
Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America, Penguin Press HC, The
(February 4, 2014)
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What makes some people
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4. JEWS,
10 percent of Vienna‟s population in 1900
What makes some people
more successful than others?

5. Robert Barany Karl Landsteiner
Otto LoewiJ Wagner-
Jauregg
Three out of four Austrian
Nobel Prize
winners in Medicine were
Jewish.
10 percent of Vienna‟s population in 1900
With full equal civil and legal rights by 1867-68
Jews accounted for :
48 % of Doctors in 1880
61% of Doctors in 1881
58 % of Lawyers in 1890 http://www.cas.umn.edu/assets/pdf/WP011.PDF
85.5% of Lawyers in 1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Vienna
75% of Banks in 1934
http://www.cas.umn.edu/assets/pdf/WP011.PDF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Vienna

6. Viktor Frankl
Freud
Psychotherapists
Gustav Mahler
Composers
Stefan Zweig
Walter Mosley
Arnold Schonberg Franz Kafka
Writers Theologian
Martin Buber
Austrian President

9. One of the top public schools in NYC, where
admissions are based solely on test scores. In 2013
 9 black students,
 24 Latino students,
 177 white students
 620 Asian American students

10. Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress 2000
Twelfth Grade Students
Proficient in Mathematics
Twelfth Grade Students
Proficient in Mathematics
23%
3%
7%
26%
9%
6%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
White African
American
Hispanic Asian/Pacific
Islander
American
Indian/Alaska
Native
Disadvantaged
Twelfth Grade Students
Proficient in Science
20%
3% 4%
34%
10%
4%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
White African
American
Hispanic Asian/Pacific
Islander
American
Indian/Alaska
Native
Disadvantaged
Twelfth Grade Students
Proficient in Mathematics
Asian
Asian
White
White

11. Bachelor's Degree or Higher Educational Attainment
Ethnicity or nationality Percent of Population
Taiwanese 74.1%
Indian 67.9%
Pakistani 60.9%
Jews 59.0%
Iranian 57.2%
Korean 50.8%
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) 50.2%
Non-Hispanic White
30.7%
General US Population
28.0%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American

12. Educational Attainment
Percent of “Age 25 and Over” in Asian-American Population
Source: U.S Census Bureau, Current Population Survey 7/08, American
Community Survey 2007
49.4
18.6
17.7
14.2
8.5
31.6
17.9
32.6
Bachelor's
Degree+
Some College
High School
Grad.
Less Than
High School
Grad
Asian-American
Non-Hispanic White

13. Household IncomePercent Distribution of Asian-American Household Income
Source: U.S Census Bureau, Current Population Survey 7/08, Income in 2007
20.2
11.9
18.2
24.9
24.9
31.3
13.7
19.0
19.0
17.0
Less than $25,000
$25,000-49,999
$50,000-74,999
$75,000-99,999
$100,000+
Asian-American
Total U.S.

14. Of the 141 U.S. Presidential Scholars in 2012,
48 were Asian Americans (52 in 2011) –
mostly Chinese and Indian.
Asian-American SAT scores average 143 points
of the U.S. average - including 63 points
over whites, and that gap is increasing.
Intel Science Talent Searches over the last
five years have picked 23 Asian-Americans
(mostly Indian and Chinese) of the top 50.
Asians and Asian-Americans represent 30-50%
of enrollees in leading U.S. music programs

16.  According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Indian Americans had
the highest household income of all ethnic groups in the
United States
 Indian Americans, along with other Asian Americans, have attained the
highest educational levels of all ethnic groups in the U.S.
 Almost 40% of all Indians in the United States have a master‟s,
doctorate or other professional degree
 Indian Americans have some of the lowest poverty rates for all
communities,
 One of the lowest rates of single parent households
 As of 2002 there were more than 233,000 US firms owned by Indian
Americans
In Silicon Valley, Indians have started more start-ups than the next
four immigrant groups combined (British, Taiwanese, Chinese, and
Japanese).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American

17. Sunita Lyn Pandya
Deepak Chopra
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Bobby Jindal
Nikki Randhawa Haley
Satya Nadella
CEO Microsoft
Kalpana Chawla
Ethnicity
Bachelor's
Degree
or Higher
Indian 71.1%
Total US
Population
28.0%
Ethnicity
Household
Income
Indians $88,538
Total US
Population
$50,221
Zubin Mehta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American

18. Have current or recent American-Indian CEOs.
 Pepsi,
 Sun Microsystems,
 MasterCard,
 United Airlines,
 Motorola,
 Adobe Systems,
 Citigroup, Citibank,
 HSBC North America,
 McKinsey,
 U.S. Airways, and now
 Microsoft

19. Bachelor's Degree or Higher Educational Attainment
Ethnicity or nationality Percent of Population
Taiwanese 74.1%
Indian 67.9%
Pakistani 60.9%
Jews 59.0%
Iranian 57.2%
Korean 50.8%
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) 50.2%
Non-Hispanic White
30.7%
General US Population
28.0%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American

21. Elena
Kagan
Stephen
Breyer
Ruth Bader
Ginsburg
, who represent less than 2 percent of the
U.S. population, have 33 percent of the
Supreme Court seats
Ruth Bader
Ginsburg
Elena
Kagan
Stephen
Breyer

22. Bachelor's Degree or Higher Educational Attainment
Ethnicity or nationality Percent of Population
Taiwanese 74.1%
Indian 67.9%
Pakistani 60.9%
Jews 59.0%
Iranian 57.2%
Korean 50.8%
Chinese (incl. Taiwanese) 50.2%
Non-Hispanic White
30.7%
General US Population
28.0%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority

23. University
Enrollment for
Jewish Students
(est.)
% of
Student body
Undergraduate
Enrollment
Binghamton University 3,200 29% 11,000
University of Maryland, College Park 6,500 26% 25,857
New York University 6,500 33% 19,401
Boston University 4,000 20% 15,981
Cornell University 3,500 25% 13,515
University of Miami 3,100 22% 14,000
Brandeis University 56%
Jews represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, but
they have ten times more students in major Universities

24. Jews have higher educational achievement than
Americans generally. 4 times more Graduates
35%
58%
31%
23% 25%
6%
High school or below College Graduate
Jewish population
U.S. population
Highest degree attained

25. Proportionally more Jews have
high status occupations than do all Americans.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Professional/Technical Management/Executive Business/Finance
Jewish population
U.S. population

26. 22%
28%
25%
36%
20% 19%
12%
9%
22%
8%
under $25,000 $25-50,000 $50-75,000 $75-100,000 $100,000 and
more
Jewish population
U.S. population
Jews have higher household incomes than
Americans generally, but many Jews have low
household incomes.
http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=46193

27. 139 of the richest 400 Americans are Jewish, including
20 of the richest 50.
Those top 20 control some $211.8 billion in personal wealth.
http://www.jta.org/2009/10/05/fundermentalist/at-least-139-of-the-forbes-400-are-jewish
51% of Pulitzer-prize winners for
non-fiction
37% of Academy Award winners for
best director
13% of M.D.s
36% of U.S. Nobel-winners

28. Henry Kissinger.• Michael Dell
Mark Zuckerberg
Sergey Brin,
Elie Wiesel
Rahm Emanuel
SpielbergL. Bernstein
Dick MorrisHolbrook

29. UC Berkeley 4th year Nigerian
student Obi Amajoyi

30. Why do immigrant kids perform so well in America: The
Nigerian example
http://emotanafricana.com/2011/06/13/why-do-immigrant-kids-perform-so-well-in-america-2/
Data show Nigerians the most educated in the U.S.
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Data-show-Nigerians-the-most-educated-in-the-U-S-1600808.php
Nigerian Americans represent 20 to 25 percent of the black
students at Harvard University's business school.
According to the 2000 Census, the rate of college diploma acquisition
is highest among Nigerian Americans at 58.6 percent.
Educational Attainment: College
Diploma
Ethnicity or
nationality
Percent of
Population
Nigerian
Americans 58.6
Non-Hispanic
White
30.7%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority
Graduate Degree
Ethnicity or
nationality
Percent of
Population
Nigerian
Americans 28.3
Non-Hispanic
White
8.1

31. Mormons

32. Harry Reid
US Senate Majority Leader
Paula Hawkins
US Senator
Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary, Health and Human Services
Stewart Udall
US Secretary of the Interior
Mormons

33. The Osmond Brothers, pop
Philo T. Farnsworth
inventor (television)
Steve
Young
quarterback
Ron Dittemore
director, space shuttle
Ralph Atkin
founder, SkyWest Airlines
Lieutenant General
Brent Scowcroft
Mormons make up 1.7% of the population, and
own "10 times more Florida real estate than the Walt Disney company".
In 2008 the Church of England had assets of about $6.9bn (£4.2bn).
The Mormon church was worth four times that.

34. Nolan D. Archibald
CEO, Black and D
Gary S.
BaughmanPresident,
CEO (retired)
Fisher Price
Francis W. Cash
CEO, La Quinta
Properties, Inc.
Gary L Crittenden
CFO, American
Express
J. Ralph Atkin
founder, SkyWest
Airlines
J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Executive Chairman
and Chairman of the Board
Marriott International, Inc.
Gary Crittenden
Chief Financial Officer of Citi
since 2007. Previously CFO at
American Express, Sears, and
Mosanto
Eric Varvel,
CEO of the global
Investment Bank of Credit
Suisse, 2009-present
James H. Quigley,
CEO of Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu, 2007-2011

35. 1.A sense of superiority, exceptionalism
 Jews "chosen people“ “But you are a chosen
people…” 1 Peter 2:9,
 "Chinese kids are typically raised on a diet of stories
about how Chinese civilization is the oldest and most
magnificent in world history.”
 Do Indian-Americans really go around thinking they‟re
superior? The answer is an awkward yes, if you
temper superiority to mean something closer to
“distinct, exceptional culture.”
http://theaerogram.com/triple-package-roots-indian-american-success/
Many countries of all kinds have claimed exceptionality,
including India, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exceptionalism
Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, THE TRIPLE PACKAGE: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural
Groups in America, Penguin Press HC, The (February 4, 2014)

36. A study of freshmen at 28 elite American colleges and universities
in which Asian-American students earned the highest grades and
entered with the highest SAT scores,
BUT had the lowest self-esteem scores of all ethnic and
racial groups.
These students are being pushed to succeed, but aren't being told
that they are perfect. It's the opposite of the "trophy for
everyone" approach to much of American child-rearing.
Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
THE TRIPLE PACKAGE: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in
America, Penguin Press HC, The (February 4, 2014)
2. Insecurity (outsiderdom), - a sense
that they haven't done good enough,

37. 60
40
20
0
80
American
Japanese
Chinese
Satisfied Not
satisfied
Very
satisfied
Attitudes toward children’s academic performanceChinese
American
https://www.google.com/#q=Success+of+Chinese+Americans+ppt&start=30
2. Insecurity - a sense that they haven't done good enough,

38. 3.Good impulse control (deferred
gratification)
(1972 Stanford marshmallow experiment)
Follow-up studies on these preschoolers found that those who were able
to wait the 15 minutes were significantly less likely to have
problems with behavior, drug addiction or obesity by the time they were in high
school, compared with kids who gobbled the snack in less than a minute.
The gratification-delayers also scored an average of 210 points higher on
the SAT.

39. 4. Hard work, Practice, Persistence
―The 10,000 hour Rule to become
outstanding‖
MALCOLM GLADWELL, O u t l i e r s THE STORY OF SUCCESS
Work
ethic
Persistence

40. 5. Networks (Extended family,
same clan …)
6. Other Factors
The Buddhist and Confucian values and traditions of many Asian
American families follow closely the prerequisites for the American
dream— hard work, education, and achievement.

41. The Puritan – American Mindset of Hard work and
frugality, as well as social success and wealth,
were signs of the Elect.
They made America successful
That puritan mindset has been
abandoned by white Protestant America –
a section of the population that now
has below-average wealth and success.

42. Within three generations, this upward mobility more
or less burns out.
―One example: "from 1950 to 1990, Jewish high
schoolers made up roughly 20% of the finalists
in the prestigious, nationwide Intel Science
Talent Search; since 2010, only 7%.―
"Assimilation and success weaken the insecurities
and other cultural forces that drove the first
and second generation to rise."
Assimilation wrecks the of impulse control, deferred
gratification. (Vacation now – pay later;
get things now - put it on your credit card)

43. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God.
The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the
peoples on the face of the earth to be his people,
his treasured possession. Deuteronomy 7:6, NIV
But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special
possession, that you may declare the praises
of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9, NIV

44. The LORD will make you the head, not the
tail. If you pay attention to the commands of
the LORD your God that I give you this day and
carefully follow them, you will always be at the
top, never at the bottom.
Deuteronomy 28:13
If you fully obey the LORD your God and
carefully follow all his commands I give you
today, the LORD your God will set you high
above all the nations on earth.
Deuteronomy 28:1

45. Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the
Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the
land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting
for the autumn and spring rains. James 5:7
11 Jesus continued: ―There was a man who had two sons. 12 The
younger one said to his father, „Father, give me my
share of the estate.‟ So he divided his
property between them.
13 “Not long after that, the younger son got
together all he had, set off for a distant country
and there squandered his wealth in wild living
Luke 15:11-13 (NIV)