10,000 hours concept

[zilya]

Malcolm Gladwell on NPR today... talking about the research that indicates the amount of time people generally need to get really good at something, be it basketball, computer programming, or being a doctor or music composer: about 10,000 hours of doing it, or roughly 10 years.

I always kinda said, if there's something you really love to do, you'll do it a lot, make a study of it, and eventually get good at it. (modulo some egregious differences in aptitude and physical ability)

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the drive for learning

[capybaron.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I had been told something similar by a drivers education teacher, though the time/distance was 1000 hours/50,000 miles. While the behind-the-wheel part of the class was quite eventful (my class was in midtown Manhattan), the total amount of class time was only a small fraction of the recommended kilohour.

Gladwell seems to be getting a lot of press lately (I have only read "Blink"). Is he promoting a new book?