Apparently, it takes ten thousand hours to become a world expert in something. Whether it be computer programming (ahem, Bill Gates), hockey, composing music, or even writing.
I found this interesting little fact out by reading Malcolm Gladwell's thought-provoking book, Outliers: the story of Success. In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell explains how and why some people are successful and why some people are not, bringing up the surprising fact that most of our success is a matter of chance, luck, and practice--not just bare talent. According to Gladwell's expert calculations and interviews with success stories, it takes about 10,000 hours of practice to become the "best."
Mozart followed the Ten Thousand Hour rule. Bill Gates followed the Ten Thousand Hour rule. And they were all successful in their respective fields. So I thought to myself, why don't I follow the Ten Thousand Hour rule?
It's been my dream to be a writer ever since I was nine. I truly wish to become an expert in the art and perhaps if I try to reach the golden Ten Thousand, I might have a chance at making writing an actual career.
By my calculations, I have roughly 3000 hours already done. I've been writing recreationally since I was nine and have completed three novels already. I am going to log my hours officially to see how much time I spend writing. Getting to 10,000 hours of writing time is going to be long, hard, difficult task and I doubt I'll be able to see it to it's fullest, especially considering that 10,000 hours is more hours than they are in a single year.
FOLLOW MY PROGRESS:
Coming soon.
I found this interesting little fact out by reading Malcolm Gladwell's thought-provoking book, Outliers: the story of Success. In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell explains how and why some people are successful and why some people are not, bringing up the surprising fact that most of our success is a matter of chance, luck, and practice--not just bare talent. According to Gladwell's expert calculations and interviews with success stories, it takes about 10,000 hours of practice to become the "best."
Mozart followed the Ten Thousand Hour rule. Bill Gates followed the Ten Thousand Hour rule. And they were all successful in their respective fields. So I thought to myself, why don't I follow the Ten Thousand Hour rule?
It's been my dream to be a writer ever since I was nine. I truly wish to become an expert in the art and perhaps if I try to reach the golden Ten Thousand, I might have a chance at making writing an actual career.
By my calculations, I have roughly 3000 hours already done. I've been writing recreationally since I was nine and have completed three novels already. I am going to log my hours officially to see how much time I spend writing. Getting to 10,000 hours of writing time is going to be long, hard, difficult task and I doubt I'll be able to see it to it's fullest, especially considering that 10,000 hours is more hours than they are in a single year.
FOLLOW MY PROGRESS:
Coming soon.
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