Become an Expert with the 10000 Hour Rule
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Practice Makes Perfect with the 10000 Hour Rule
Here's the good news. If you want to become an expert in your field, be that art, sport or business - you can. Contrary to popular belief, it's not always innate genius or talent that will make you a success, it's the hours that you put in, which means that ANYONE can do it.
I first came across the 10000 hour rule or ten year rule a few years ago when I read Learning from Wonderful Lives by Nick Baylis and immediately it made sense. I just wish that I had discovered this when I was younger!
I've put this lens together to act as a comprehensive reference tool for anyone interested in the 10000 Hour Rule. Hopefully it will help you to fulfill your dreams.
I first came across the 10000 hour rule or ten year rule a few years ago when I read Learning from Wonderful Lives by Nick Baylis and immediately it made sense. I just wish that I had discovered this when I was younger!
I've put this lens together to act as a comprehensive reference tool for anyone interested in the 10000 Hour Rule. Hopefully it will help you to fulfill your dreams.
Important!
What Is the 10000 Hour Rule?
The 10000 Hour Rule is just that. This is the idea that it takes approximately 10000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill.
For instance, it would take 10 years of practicing 3 hours a day to become a master in your subject. It would take approximately 5 years of full-time employment to become proficient in your field. Simply work out how many hours you have already achieved and calculate how far you need to go. You should be aiming for 10000 hours.
For instance, it would take 10 years of practicing 3 hours a day to become a master in your subject. It would take approximately 5 years of full-time employment to become proficient in your field. Simply work out how many hours you have already achieved and calculate how far you need to go. You should be aiming for 10000 hours.
Links that Discuss the 10000 Hour Rule
- Expert Performance and Deliberate Practice
- An updated excerpt from Ericsson (2000). Some notes on the original research.
- Secrets of Greatness - CNN
- What makes Tiger Woods great? What made Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett the world's premier investor? We think we know: Each was a natural who came into the world with a gift for doing exactly what he ended up doing. As Buffett told Fortune not long ago, he was "wired at birth to all
- Outstanding Performers: Created, Not Born?
- NEW RESULTS ON NATURE VS. NURTURE BY DAVID R. SHANKS from Science Spectra, 1999, Number 18.Outstanding levels of performance in areas such as memory, chess,sports or music are commonly ascribed to innate talent. Dr. David Shanks of University College, London
- The Guardian Newspaper - Outliers
- In an extract from Outliers: The Story Of Success, Malcolm Gladwell questions the idea of natural genius
- Gladwell.com
- Link to the Outliers excerpt on Gladwell.com
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kathysart
Jan 20, 2012 @ 12:36 pm | delete
- Love the idea! So become obsessive until you learn it. Yes to that. Angel blessed lens.
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Tolovaj
Dec 28, 2011 @ 1:51 pm | delete
- Haven' heard about that rule but I noticed many many talents who came 'from nowhere' and after a while only found out they put a lot of work to succeed. The rule of 10 years was obvious and it stands for actors, singers, sportsmen... I guess they need a little bit of luck too to be in the right time in the right place, without injuries, with proper connections...
Informative and inspirational lens, thumbs up!
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ChironMentor
Oct 31, 2011 @ 9:34 am | delete
- Years ago I heard or read James K. Kilpatrick state that it took seven years to become a good writer. In thirty-five years of teaching and leading a fiction writing workshop I have witnessed that "rule" many times. I've even had a hopeless writer who passionately wanted to write stick with it for that seven years and come out as a very passable writer. Seven years or seven books has invariable held true. I also ban my fiction proteges from using first-person narrators for seven years because of the difficulty of using first-person in fiction.
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Formosangirl
Sep 24, 2011 @ 5:52 am | delete
- I can personally vouch for the 10,000 hour rule. I have over 16 years in my field, and I definitely feel comfortable at it, even if the information changes daily, thanks to the 9th Circuit.
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GrammaLinda
Aug 28, 2011 @ 2:21 pm | delete
- This is a good rule to know. Thank you!
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