2 ms·10,000 hours That 10,000 hours thing is largely a Malcolm Gladwell invention, fwiw.by gone35 9y ago10,000 hours That 10,000 hours thing is largely a Malcolm Gladwell invention, fwiw.criddell 9y agoDon't get hung up on the number. It's shorthand for lots of hours of the right kind of practice.slantyyz 9y agoIsn't the 10K hours thing based the research of Anders Ericsson? I thought Gladwell just came up with a catchy encapsulation for it.