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What I think is interesting is how much emotion the 10k hour rule rouses in general. The Freakonomics podcast mentioned the 10k rule as well. They posit that gi
by Takizawa 7y ago
What I think is interesting is how much emotion the 10k hour rule rouses in general. The Freakonomics podcast mentioned the 10k rule as well. They posit that given equally talented individuals, the person who puts in the requisite hours of hard work through deliberate practice would obtain the higher level of mastery.
- ncmncm 7y agoTrivially. It doesn't take a book to say that. Gladwell wants us to think that successful people earned it, that Bill Gates deserves his $100B. Everything else bends to that goal. But Gates has $100B not because he worked hard, but because he abused monopoly power, and impoverished the world. The enduring legacy of Microsoft's dominance is that people think computers working badly is both OK and unavoidable.