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Previously on "Can 10,000 hours of practice make you an expert?"
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Although there is always the fact that practice makes permanent, not necessarily perfect!
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This means I only have another 23 minutes to go before I'm an expert at wanking.
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I have read it applied to concert violinists, and even the Beatles were estimated to have put in 10,000 hours of practice and graft before Love Me Do.Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostGood point. Lost on some.
Having said that, I thought the 10,000 hours theory applied to sports and games of skill. I didn't know it applied to all skills.
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Good point. Lost on some.Originally posted by expat View PostI thought the point was that it takes 10,000 hours to become expert. That doesn't mean that spending 10,000 hours will make you an expert.
Having said that, I thought the 10,000 hours theory applied to sports and games of skill. I didn't know it applied to all skills.
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I doubt your cheese sandwiches are very good.Originally posted by Kanye View PostI hate this quote. It must have be cited in 10,000 articles every day.
It's ridiculous as in itself it takes no account of the size or difficulty of the task.
You can master wanking in about ten minutes or making a cheese sandwich in about the same.
For somethings broad like 'building a software system' you won't be an expert in the field after 10k hours as there are just too many aspects.
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I thought the point was that it takes 10,000 hours to become expert. That doesn't mean that spending 10,000 hours will make you an expert.
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