Everyone has gone on and on about the “10,000 Hour Rule” from Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers.
Gladwell was inspired to write that portion of his book based on original research that by itself is an entire book called Talent is Overrated. Which is summarized in this CNN-Money article.
Everyone is under the mistaken impression that if they only apply themselves for ten thousand hours, they will achieve mastery or their goal.
People forget something else Gladwell wrote that thoroughly shoots down that facile, misleading, and dangerous notion.
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