Friday, June 12, 2020

10000 Hour Rule to Transform yourself from Average to Expert

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We keep on searching and banging our head, how we can become expert ? Any mantra is available or any short cut we can take ?



This blog gives a way to improve yourself.

The reference of this topic is taken from book "Outliers" written by Malcolm Gladwell.

Lets first understand - What is Outliers ?




  • “Outlier” is a term used to describe things, people, or phenomenon that lie outside of normal experience.
  •  Outliers are men and women who do things out of the ordinary.




10000-HOUR RULE - 10000 hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world class expert-in anything.

Some of the experts who have used it very well.
Known Experts

Other examples -
  • Mozart, didn’t produce his greatest work until he had been composing for more than 20 years.
  • Bill Joy born on November 8, 1954, went on to establish Sun Microsystems. He possessed talent, but the right opportunities and also the eagerness to learn programming, molded him into being the influential innovator that he became.
The rule is not only explained in “Outliers” book. Some of the other authors (with book names) who also agrees with this –

Bounce by Matthew Syed - Syed supports Gladwell’s assertion that a major component of success is many hours of sustained practice. He insists that more than just hours - the practice itself needs to be ‘purposeful’ with high standards and quality feedback.

The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle – Daniel supports this rule and explains that 10,000 hours of deep practice is key to becoming world class.

Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin - In math, science, musical composition, swimming, X-ray diagnosis, tennis, literature—no one, not even the most “talented” performers, became great without at least ten years of very hard preparation.

10,000 Hours: You Become What You Practice by Phyllis Lane – The book itself explains about this rule.

The magic number to become expert from average, in general it takes 10 years -
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Talent to Expert
To sum up, my understanding of 10K Hour Rule, It is not the Innate Talent, but it is Practice and lots of practice makes us to become Expert.

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