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Gladwell's 10,000-hour-rule is, at its core, anecdotal. The 10,000-hour-rule seems like more of an observation that people who are really good at things are li
by frogpelt 12y ago
Gladwell's 10,000-hour-rule is, at its core, anecdotal.
The 10,000-hour-rule seems like more of an observation that people who are really good at things are likely to have spent a lot of time doing them.
My anecdotal observation: The people I know who are masters of things, were very good at those things early on and that encouraged them to practice more and more.
- harperlee 12y agoI thought it was, at its core, research made by K. Anders Ericsson ("The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance"), but I have to confess that I have read neither author, so could you please expand on why it is anecdotal? Thank you! UPDATE: Wow there seems to be a lot of information in previous HN threads such as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7323837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7323837 or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8197102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8197102 and a response to my question in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8197467 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8197467
- soperj 12y agoEverything Gladwell is anecdotal.