Another Bridge

A blog about writing, cycling, other stuff and ‘the search for the magnificent’*

fall over 20,000 times

Posted by Gordon on May 3, 2010

A couple of times recently the research on how to get good at complex things has come up – on the radio the other day, in Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book [Blink?]. The argument is an argument against genius – ie Mozart was talented sure but it was all that practice that made him special.

10,000 hours of practice for champions; Practice just beyond your current competence, often.;  praise for work put in, not talent

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