Tag: practice
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Putting “10,000 hours” to the test
Our last post mentioned the 10,000-hour rule – a theory by Dr. K. Anders Ericsson, Professor of Psychology at Florida State University, and made famous by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers. Well, it’s an interesting concept. In observations, becoming an expert is less about talent and more about intentional practice. So anyone should be…
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Success and mastery take work
“Almost nothing worthwhile is easy, and it’s hard to just jump in and be good at something difficult right off the bat. Think, say, of Twitter, whose business plan, such that it is, has always been something along the lines of “Get big and popular, then just flip the switch and start making money when…
Jon Sampson 