10,000 hours

[prad]

10,000 Hours of Practice

In the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes roughly ten thousand hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field. How does Gladwell arrive at this conclusion? And, if the conclusion is true, how can we leverage this idea to achieve greatness in our professions?

I think this guy tried to do something along the lines of 10000 hours practice :- https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/the-dan-plan/536592/
http://www.golfwrx.com/437894/what-happened-to-the-dan-plan/

 

[alstl]

If you practice the wrong thing for 10,000 hours, you'll be very good at doing the wrong thing.

Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent...

Unless a person has some form of Asperger's syndrome I suspect they would quit before they got to 10,000 if they weren't improving. Most people would adjust as they gained experience and discard what isn't working.

Practice can also take many forms. The Beatles on their way to 10,000 hours honed their skill and "broke through" when they were hired to play in Hamburg Germany getting paid to play sometimes 8 hours a day. Because they were easily bored they were constantly learning new songs and evolving. By the time they recorded their first hit record they already had their 10,000 hours - and they didn't stop learning.

People make fun of Earl for all the stuff he tries. The weights, the long cue, the tape on his finger, the glove, the tennis wrap. I believe it is that desire to constantly find a way to improve that made Earl so successful. He didn't spend his first 10,000 hours doing the same thing. He was constantly searching for ways to get better.

 

[Slasher]

If you practice the wrong thing for 10,000 hours, you'll be very good at doing the wrong thing.

Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent...

Technically there is no wrong, we learn by trial and error.
We see the results of our actions and make adjustments to achieve the desired result, the method is irrelevant.

 

[kollegedave]

10,000 Hours of Practice

In the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes roughly ten thousand hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field. How does Gladwell arrive at this conclusion? And, if the conclusion is true, how can we leverage this idea to achieve greatness in our professions?

He defends his conclusion in his book. Read it. It is awesome. However, he does not say that it takes 10,000 hours of practice. He says it takes 10,000 hours of focused practice.

kollegedave

 

[Low500]

He defends his conclusion in his book. Read it. It is awesome. However, he does not say that it takes 10,000 hours of practice. He says it takes 10,000 hours of focused practice. kollegedave

Some of these "absolutes" annoy me....in many different fields of life.
Example....What happens if a person decides that 9500 hours accomplishes the goal?
Does that mean that unless he/she completes the 10,000 with the remaining 500, all is for naught?
Just a thought, nothing more.....:thumbup:

 

[CGM]

Some of these "absolutes" annoy me....in many different fields of life.
Example....What happens if a person decides that 9500 hours accomplishes the goal?
Does that mean that unless he/she completes the 10,000 with the remaining 500, all is for naught?
Just a thought, nothing more.....:thumbup:

I'm pretty sure that the 10k hours is meant as a rule of thumb and not an absolute. Of course it will take some far less and some far more but the number is meant to be an average amount of time it would take the average person to master a task or at the very least be extremely proficient. A plumbers apprentice is required to work 10,000 hours before they are considered a journeyman. It doesnt make them a master but most will be at the very least a sufficient plumber. Some are better than others before or after 10,000 hours.

 

[dbgordie]

I've heard it takes 10,000 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

Actually Mr. Owl determined it only took three licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop!!