What does it take to become an expert or master performer
in a given field? 10,000 hours of practice. Its a common rule
of thumb, popularized by Malcom Gladwell in his bestseller Outliers:
The Story of Success. Its catchy, easy to remember, and more or less
completely false.
A provocative generalization is what Anders Ericsson calls
the 10,000 hour rule. And it was Ericssons research on expert
musicians that Gladwell cites as a basis for the rule.
Ericsson says the rule is an oversimplification, and in many ways,
an incorrect interpretation of his research. The 10,000 Hour Rule:
Catchy and easy to remember, but on some pretty shaky scientific footing.
Busting the Myth of the 10,000 Hour Rule
Lets start with breaking down the myth of the 10,000 hour rule.
Gladwell uses several examples in his book when introducing this rule:
one is the research done by Ericsson that focused on violin students at
a music academy in Berlin. The study found that the most accomplished of
the students had put in 10,000 hours by the time they turned 20.
Gladwell also estimates that the Beatles put in 10,000 hours of
practice playing in Hamburg in the early 1960s, and that
Bill Gates put in 10,000 hours of programming work before founding Microsoft.
Hence the 10,000 hour rule was born: put in your 10,000 hours of practice,
and become an expert in a given field. Pretty easy, right?
But upon closer examination, problems start to emerge.
that's it , I will keep learning next time.
read some book is good , right?