When I read Outliers, I never took the 10,000 hour rule literally and I don't think Gladwell wanted us to. It put in perspective what we all knew and that's wha

When I read Outliers, I never took the 10,000 hour rule literally and I don't think Gladwell wanted us to. It put in perspective what we all knew and that's what contributed to it's popularity -- it gave us a common vocabulary to refer to when talking about "lot of practice". To quote from the article "The rule is irresistibly appealing".