It's easy to take the 10,000 rule too literally and never end up excelling. Take for example, my Grandpa who's been learning English for over 20 years, whose pr

It's easy to take the 10,000 rule too literally and never end up excelling. Take for example, my Grandpa who's been learning English for over 20 years, whose proficiency level has been at a sad plateau for greater than a decade, despite subscribing to a "How to Learn English" program daily. What he isn't doing is going out and failing, speaking, and deliberately focusing on areas that he's terrible at. He's become too comfortable at learning English and not practicing with intent. I think we can all conjure up examples like these in our everyday lives. The casual Dad who plays tennis every weekend but hasn't won a Round Robin tournament ever. Or the entrepreneur that jumps from idea to idea, never really following through and taking a risk.