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What, did Wolf come to believe, was the 'secret' to the Rosetans' health? - ANSWER_Wolf believed that the "secret" to the Rosetans' health was simply that the townspeople were highly social. They constantly visited one another, lived in "extended family clans," and regularly attended church together as a group, which had a "unifying and calming effect". In addition, the spirit of the community "discouraged the wealthy from flaunting their success and helped the unsuccessful obscure their failures." Why does Gladwell open with this example about the Rosetans? How is it related to the ideas he is going to present? - ANSWER_Gladwell opens with the example of the Rosetans because Wolf and Bruhn "had to look beyond the individual. They had to understand the culture he or she was a part of and who their friends and family were, and what town their families came from. They had to appreciate the idea that the values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are." This is related to Gladwell's ideas in that his project has been to "do for our understanding of success what Stewart Wolf did for our understanding of health." Like the Rosetans' health, Gladwell wants to indicate that success is not achieved in isolation, and is not entirely in the control of the individual who achieves it. Explain how the meritocratic system of hockey works. - ANSWER_The meritocratic system in hockey works in that boys start when they're very young at the beginner level, "before they are even in kindergarten." Every age group has a league, and at every stage along the way, the young players are assessed and "separated and groomed for the next level." If a player is "among the best of the best" he will make it to the "Major Junior A League". In other words, those who stand out will always be given more time and attention to help them develop that talent, while those who don't aren't given the same reward of attention.