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The first thing I thought of when reading this is the 10000 hour rule. These people didn't come out of nowhere. Most of them appear to have been honing their cr
by Androsynth 15y ago
The first thing I thought of when reading this is the 10000 hour rule. These people didn't come out of nowhere. Most of them appear to have been honing their craft for a while prior to becoming famous/wealthy (or at least getting practice in a similar field).
Malcolm Gladwell's article on late bloomers is also relevant http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/20/081020fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/20/081020fa_fact_...
- scotch_drinker 15y agoI was going to write something similar but I don't think it's most. Of the 7, only the Nobel Laureate, Ray Kroc and the runner seem to have been working on their "art" for lack of a better term for years beforehand. Bruckner and Midgley seem to have at least been in related fields though the difference between being a lecturer/teacher and an author/composer is more vast than I think we might think. Chandler and DuBuffet seem to be the most likely to be deemed prodigies. Chandler especially having been in a completely different field could be considered a prodigy.