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"single variable explains success"? It is not what it about.
by temp8964 5y ago
"single variable explains success"? It is not what it about.
- ekianjo 5y agoIts exactly that when you keep saying 10 000 hours is a magic number.
- TameAntelope 5y agoI would argue that 10,000 hours is represented as an inflection point in his book, more as a, "This number, with one significant digit, kept showing up when Gladwell would interview people who were great at specific things" instead of a, "do this amount of a specific thing and you'll then be great at that specific thing" or "magic" number in that sense. It's hardly a steadfast rule and he never presents it as such, but it's easy to squint real hard and see it that way, if you just want to argue or be upset.
- temp8964 5y agoWow. Do you think it is exactly 10 000 hours? It is exactly 10 000 hours for everyone? I don't understand this kind of nonsensical interpretation.
- redis_mlc 5y agoIt's the Snopes mentality - some people are more concerned about the words in a sentence, than what it actually means. It might be an OCD thing. If you talk to pro-level musicians, they all have more than 10 years of experience playing daily, which dovetails with about 10,000 hours. That's enough proof for me.
- drewcoo 5y agoIt's not a magic number so much as an attempt to redefine expertise. While shilling a self-help book. A lie at the kernel of a con.