That was a rather weak disproof of the 10,000 hour "rule", but I suppose the burden of proof is still on the positive... I read Malcolm Gladwell's book. I'm pa

That was a rather weak disproof of the 10,000 hour "rule", but I suppose the burden of proof is still on the positive... I read Malcolm Gladwell's book. I'm paraphrasing here, but I distinctly recall his champion example being that of musicians - future music teachers at an elite school had accumulated ~3000 hours before graduating, while the elite musicians had at or over 10000 hours total. I think it's important not to take these things too literally. I mean, come on, it's not like Gladwell actually believes life is essentially an RPG where you grind for 10,000 hours until your skill xp is "maxed" - there's no magical moment of mastery. You practice a lot. Take it at face value. Putting all this science into it obfuscates the process and distracts you from practicing.