The 10,000 hours rule has its own share of detractors and here is the latest one from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.Īs per the researcher’s practice increasingly hinders divergent thinking as the day progresses. The book relies on the research by Anders Ericsson, a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. Since the book had hit the bestseller status, it has generated plenty of interest in verifying the claim. The book also cites the examples of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the legendary rock band Beatles to prove the point. The book has repeated mentions of the 10,000-hour rule which can achieve expertise in any skill. He is the co-author of six books, including Geothermal HVAC, Green Lighting, Build Your Own Small Wind Power System, and Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater.If you go by Malcolm Gladwell bestseller Outliers The Story of Success, simply practising something regularly for a long enough time, one will eventually achieve mastery.
He previously served as an editor for and E/The Environmental Magazine, and has written for, ,, Yahoo!, MSN, Miller-McCune and elsewhere. Of course, as Kurt Cobain said, “Practice makes perfect, but nobody’s perfect, so why practice?”īrian Clark Howard covers the environment for National Geographic. This infographic, created for the blog Zintro by Nowsourcing, takes a closer look at practice and the 10,000-hour rule. Of course, privilege and luck can greatly ease the way, but there’s little substitute for 10,000 hours of work. It’s an empowering message, and one that suggests that almost anyone can succeed if they put in the time (could those saccharine posters be right?). Gladwell covers several tantalizing examples, from the Beatles to Bill Gates, and argues that the biggest factor in their success is not innate talent or blind luck, but rather dedication to their chosen craft. One of the most interesting parts of Malcolm Gladwell’s fantastic book Outliers is his discussion of the “10,000-hour rule,” which posits that it takes about 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to truly master a skill, be it playing the violin, computer programming, or skateboarding. Posted by Brian Clark Howard of National Geographic News on August 14, 2012 Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-Hour Rule Visualized: Practice Makes Perfect
I have read Outliers 2 years ago and became one of the most influential books in my life! This is a re-post of the article posted by Bryan Clark Howard of National Geographic News on August 14, 2012.
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