The 10,000 hour rules states: It takes 10 thousand hours of deliberate practice to become an expert.
There are 8,765 hours in a year, and a person with a full-time job works 2,080 hours per year.
Are you engaging in deliberate practice?
YES
- Practicing your skill
- Constantly striving for improvement
- Monitoring your performance
- Evaluating your success
- Working on the aspect you’re not good at
NO
- Mindless repetition
- Watching an expert perform
- Teaching other people
- Only doing the things you are already good at
- Staying in your comfort zone
- And here are two examples of those who made it…
And here are two examples of those who made it…
Bill Gates
Microsoft founder and one of the richest people on the planet.
- 1968. Young Bill joins Computer Club and completes his first computer program at age of 13.
- 1971. Spends all his free time in the computer center at the University of Washington.
- 1973. Spends his senior year of high school working as a programmer under the guise of “independent study.”
- 1975. Gates drops out of Harvard and launches Microsoft. He is way past 10,000 hours.
The Beatles
With 2 billion albums sold, The Beatles are one of the most popular bands in history of music.
- 1957. John and Paul meet and form the bank The Quarry Men.
- 1960. Play in Hamburg, Germany for four months. They performed for 5 hours every night.
- 1964. Took four more trips to Hamburg. First burst of success arrives after playing an estimated 1,200 shows.
- 1965. The Beatles arrive in America. They have logged over 10,000 hours on stage.
7 Steps to cheat the rule
- Get a coach
- Surround yourself with like minded individuals
- Build expert habits
- Don’t waste time on the small stuff
- Deliberately practice
- Teach others
- Find someone to kick your butt if you fall off track
Ready?
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