I like the 10,000 hours concept as a motivating factor. It shows that practice pays off. Even the most gifted people still need to put in those hours to get to

I like the 10,000 hours concept as a motivating factor. It shows that practice pays off. Even the most gifted people still need to put in those hours to get to that high level of achievement. So rather than see it as "I need to put in X hours this year to succeed", I see it as an exaltation of hard work.