I love Josh Kaufman's new book: http://first20hours.com/ http://first20hours.com/ I find that in some ways Gladwell's book as the opposite effect of causing me

I love Josh Kaufman's new book: http://first20hours.com/ http://first20hours.com/ I find that in some ways Gladwell's book as the opposite effect of causing me to not not even want to start something due to this "10,000" hour rule. At the end of the day, we don't need to be an expert in most things to be proficient. Josh's book lays this out in a nice way. On a more practical level, even 1 hour a day on something has tremendous accumulative effect. I believe the biggest gift we can give ourselves is to not lose our learning mindset. For those of us who have gone through college/university and gained the discipline to study, we tend to throw it out when we are done. In hindsight, that is the best skill that one should retain in their life. The ability to be disciplined and focus on studying/learning/doing new skills is what I am trying to continue to cultivate and I hope that when I am 50 I still have this mindset and discipline.