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>>There is a widespread belief that putting in 10,000 hours will make you an expert, but that myth has been proved wrong many times). No, that is a misinterpre
by talonx 6y ago
>>There is a widespread belief that putting in 10,000 hours will make you an expert, but that myth has been proved wrong many times).
No, that is a misinterpretation of what deliberate practice involves. Most shallow interpretations like this one just talk about the time involved, and not about the other important factors like continuous feedback and focused practice, and then call it a myth.
- bayesian_horse 6y agoI'd say the 10000 hour thing is an oversimplification. There is no clear-cut definition for either "expert" or "deliberate" practice, so those statements can never be proven or disproven. To me it is inevitable that some people embark on a journey of mastery only to discover that there is some kind of barrier that they can't overcome just by thinking or working their way out of it. Plenty of clear-cut examples, lot's of more murky ones. Some barriers are predictable, some aren't. And mastery doesn't even equal success. Many master painters had no success in their life time. Many successful artists have questionably mastery.