It has just been brought to my attention that a person must practice a task for 10,000 to become an expert at it. Knowing that gives me a very soothing feeling: it means that, no matter what I set my mind to, all I have to do to become an expert is to do it for 10,000 hours and I’m all set!
What a relief! No more “if”s and more “when”s! Pick something! ANYTHING! Learning the bones in the human body? Playing piano? Lifting weights? Running an X number of miles? Never worry again! You have the answer: 10,000 hours later you will be a star! Go ahead, start a Blog called “Ten Thousand Hours” and track your progress! You might even get a book deal or, better yet, a movie deal!!!! GASP!
How long is 10,000 hours anyway? 416 continuous days (a year and a couple of months) of no sleeping, eating or working. Mmm… What if we practiced an hour a day? Doable, right? That’ll be like 27 years. Huh… Ok, what if we did more like 10 hours a week (a hardcore hobby)? That’s 19 years.
Mmmm… better call the whole thing off. I’d probably get bored by month 5 anyway.
ina
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