the 10,000 Hour Rule.

[Cliche Guevara]

So recently I was reading this book Outliers and he claims that to succeed in any field, it is simply a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of 10,000 hours.

I actually found this very interesting as I always thought virtuosity (especially) in music, came simply inherently. However, if you think about it, if you practise something for 10,000 hours there is no way you cannot become a "success". It reminds me of the guy with no arms who plays the guitar beautifully and is now a professional guitarist.

I do think however that inherent aptitude is also an x factor, but the point is, everything takes massive amounts of effort.

Agree/Disagree? Any other thoughts/examples?

[porqueno los dos?]

Malcolm Gladwell is great. I was watching the talk he gave at TED and although it was simple, I took a lot from it.

Anyway, for your example, virtosity is reasonably inherent imo, especially with things like music or mathematics but hard work can bring you such a long way that it is pretty much irrelevant. It's not like you can change it anyway.

Some people are much, much more efficient learners than others. If it's a mental thing, then holistic learning rather than rote memorization is a much better way to become good at thigns fast. Physical things require x amount of repition of correct forum to become good at something.

[Valheru]

This is why most Zokletians are expert wankers.

[porqueno los dos?]

This is why most Zokletians are expert wankers.

I always wondered what the demonym for Zoklet was. ty.

[Mantikore]

of course practise helps, but there are things which some people just pick up instantly

[I am]

So if you dedicate 417 days of your life to any field you will have mastery over it. I'd say that is a pretty good rule. My question is would hard work(10 000 hours) be able to compete/beat genius(some one who is born with the ability)? Pretty good idea though

[Slave of the Beast]

So if you dedicate 417 days of your life to any field you will have mastery over it. I'd say that is a pretty good rule.

10,000hrs/417 days = 23.98 hrs per day.

Better stock up on those caffeine pills.

[Revvy]

10,000hrs/417 days = 23.98 hrs per day.

Better stock up on those caffeine pills.

Are you trolling? 1 minute sleep a day is more than plenty.

[Mr.Happy]

Are you trolling? 1 minute sleep a day is more than plenty.

Yeah, you just need to learn the Minute Method.

Unfortunately, it takes 10,000 hours of intense study to master it.