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New Research Casts Doubt On the "10,000 Hour Rule" of Expertise

Posted by samzenpus on from the some-amount-of-practice-makes-perfect dept.

First time accepted submitter Scroatzilla writes What makes someone rise to the top in music, games, sports, business, or science? This question is the subject of one of psychology's oldest debates. Malcolm Gladwell's '10,000 hours' rule probably isn't the answer. Recent research has demonstrated that deliberate practice, while undeniably important, is only one piece of the expertise puzzle—and not necessarily the biggest piece.

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  1. Agreed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mastered masturbation in far less time.

  2. Re:The difference between skill and talent by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can train a skill, but you cannot learn talent.

    And Justin Bieber is proof that a lack of both doesn't correlate with success.

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