Nice article, but it is possible to explain this as forming a habit. The 10,000 hour concept was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell who based it on a research on s

Nice article, but it is possible to explain this as forming a habit. The 10,000 hour concept was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell who based it on a research on students learning violin. http://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=malcolm+gladwell+10,00&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=malcolm+gladwell+10+000+hours http://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=malcolm+gladwell+10... Someone who is trying to learn how to play a violin is really trying to form a habit. Once playing a violin becomes a strong habit, as strong as walking, so that it is done without thinking, it is said that the student has become a virtuoso. But becoming a virtuoso does not guarantee a career as a concert violonist because there are a limit number of slots available in the world for concert violinists. At some point one must consider quitting for strategic reasons. There is nothing wrong about quitting in this sense. In other words, once you realize that you were not chosen for the top spot you must quit or accept the consequences.