10,000 Hours May Not Make a Master After All | TIME.com
There are many roads to greatness, but logging 10,000 hours of practice to help you perfect a skill may not be sufficient.
Based on research suggesting that practice is the essence of genius, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell popularized the idea that 10,000 hours of appropriately guided practice was the magic number of greatness, regardless of a persons natural aptitude. With enough practice, he claimed in his book Outliers, anyone could achieve a level of proficiency that would rival that of a professional. It was just a matter of putting in the time.
But in the years since Gladwell first pushed the 10,000-hours rule, researchers have engaged in a spirited debate over what that rule entails. Its clear that not just any practice, but only dedicated and intensive honing of skills that counts. And is there magic in that 10,000th hour?
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