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Recipe for becoming good at a thing. Work hard. For a long time. Like years.

rands
Recipe for becoming good at a thing. Work hard. For a long time. Like years.
1:59 PM Nov 29 2011

Source is @rands.

Of Rands in Repose fame.

3:35 PM Nov 29 2011

Which brings us back to 10,000 hours.

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3:41 PM Nov 29 2011

Did you read the NYT piece saying in support of IQ and talent recently? Can't find the link.

8:20 AM Nov 30 2011

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2:59 PM Nov 30 2011

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Talent matters. But so does practice.

4:37 PM Nov 30 2011

One man is deliberately (and personally) testing out the 10K hour theory: The Dan Plan.

4:47 AM Dec 04 2011

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What's fascinating about The Dan Plan is that it will test whether more time will help, even after he hits the limits of his natural talent.

My first instinct is that it won't help, but we'll see.

12:28 PM Dec 05 2011

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