In his book “Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell explores greatness and the specific circumstances that need to be present in order for us to achieve it. His analysis reveals that an average individual from a good school in a good neighbourhood is more likely to achieve greatness than a bona fide genius from the wrong side of the tracks.

Enter Port Elizabeth from the east on the N2, and you’re welcomed by the soot-stained mural of a once much-healthier penguin painted on the side of Carbon Black. If your arrival coincides with the westerly wind, you’ll pick up the Fish Water Flats with your olfactory senses.

It’s 2 pm on a Friday and the traffic leaving Jo-burg is outrageous, everybody and their sisters french poodle seem to be leaving town for the weekend. With a truck careening up my rear end my cell rings.
- Hello is this Mr. Dillon?
It is a voice I have never heard before and it’s an overtly friendly one.