The point here is not that if you put in 10000 hours at something, you become rich but that you become good at it. As an artist, I agree. And I think this applies to many fields. It is not cutting edge theory... we all were told "practice makes perfect," but in Western Culture we are fascinated with speed, ease, youth, with finding the next great young talent, etc. We devalue experience, the long hours put in that do lead to a level of proficiency. This is not to say that 10,000 hours at the piano will make you Beethoven but it is to say that you will know how to play piano and probably fairly well if you put in the time with attention.
Brian Carlson if you played 10000 hours playing piano and you are not at the level of Bethoven in some way... you are not doing something well during 10000 hours.
@@HECTORARTUROA You completely missed the point. Obviously it has a level of talent and natural ability to it. I'll name an example: In my youth I was run over by a car that ran through a stop and as result my balance is totally out of whack....which means that no matter how much time I put into it, I will never be good at gymnastics because of my physical limitations. I am however damn good at what I do as a project manager and only really started mastering it after 10 years and now 35 years later people ask me for advice on problems they don't know how to solve. Back in my youth the concept was always known but we called it experience and no business would put you into a senior position unless you had...you guessed it, 10 years of experience. There is of course no guarantees because if you worked at the same job for 10 years and merely showed up to collect a pay check you would be as useless after 10 years as the day you started....which is where passion, dedication and commitment comes into the equation.
@@garybaris139 I maybe was not writing only about the point; maybe I was writing about concepts out of the square. What is my wrong idea?. #administraciondeltiempo #experiencia #talento
Beethoven wasn't really the best keyboardist, and piano technique has evolved far beyond the level of his day. There's probably several living pianists who have a technical level greater than Liszt, who is widely considered a prominent historical virtuoso, unlike Beethoven. Beethoven's 32 sonatas are a cornerstone for basically every expert pianist these days, not just pros
If you do 8 hrs for 5 days a week, that's 40 then, do that weekly, that's 160 a month, times by the months in a year, it's 1920 hrs a year You could finish in less than 10 years lol
20 hours of practice... to reach a level that somebody else reached... that don't include: choose the Ukelele book, choose the instrument, buy both and remove the distractions (in the case your distraction is your husband or wife)... and those 20 hours don't occur fluidly if you try out of a weekend and you have a job... then, you can employ the weekend in that average case if you want to spend the 20 hours fluidly and relaxly. In the case your task is to develop a new method or even discover the best method invented in the world... and not only a random method in a book or dvd... this can take a lot of fluid horus or even more uncomplete hours (hours interrupted by distractions). If you played 10000 hours playing piano and you are not at the level of Bethoven in some way... you are not doing something well during 10000 hours. And finally... this apply to practical tasks... don't try to master an encyclopedia in 20 hours if you are not, at least, an speed reading master.
I disagree with his 10,000 hour rule. It all depends on the individual(s). Some people may become a expert within several months a couple years maybe five years even. We all learn at different paces. We should never allow someone else's rules or even guidelines to set the standards and tone for us. It all depending on you as an individual. Especially those of us that are Spiritually Awakening and usually our energy in ways to enhance our abilities. At the end of the day we have to take what resonates with us and discard the rest that doesn't apply. We should never allow anyone opinions, standards, beliefs, personal experiences define and/or limit us.
Except Michael Jackson. He composed the masterpieces before these 10.000 hours. He was a genius. He was very young when he composed Billy Jean and all his other masterpieces.
I really agree with this theory. Currently reading Outliers and it makes a great deal of sense. Trying to become an expert youtuber. Lol 15-16 hours or so down in just 6 months. 9985 or so to go. Let's see how true this is over time. 😉
Mate lol you put 2000 hours into something (ie a full time job for a year) and you'll be considered really good at it in many fields. Ericson's study compared not-so-good university violists (still would be considered very good by 99% of people) to very good violinists and to professionals. Their averages were 4000 hours, 8000 hours and 10,000 hours respectively. So you don't need 10,000 hours to just "get good", unless the quality of your practise is very poor or you're trying to learn to fly with your arms (don't try that, I 99.9999% guarantee you'll waste your time).
I agree in a way but, i still believe some people are obviously more talented than others. i have seen people work on singing for EVERRRRRR and they still pretty much suck why is that? i am sure they have invested more then 10,000 hours into it.
from Wikipedia on Mozart "Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty." Mozart wrote symphonies as early as 5 years old, and his piano compositions from that age are still played today. Certainly, Gladwell is lying when he says Mozart's early compositions were "garbage" as this is an opinion that no one who is learned musically holds.
Lol his compositions from then are only played because the name Mozart is so famous now, because of the quality of later works. The quality of these works itself standalone isn't that great And yeah his dad was a composer and he was born into a musical family so he probably got the hours in early
What he means is his early music although great was no where near mastery, each person his different levels of mastery if i practiced the same amount of time that mozart did i would have mastered it, but not be as good as Mozart's lvl of mastery some people are naturally better than others
You do realise Wolfgang was trained from a very young age by his father. It's hours plain and simple however I do believe to be a genius you have to have that spark.
Bullshit! I'm bothered by Malcolm Gladwell. I disagree with him because I think that you don't always need to spend a lot of time to do something perfectly. I think that people have talents and do things because they like it.
Hmm... some thing need less time and some more Some learn easly some slowly + physical exercise and healthy diet can speed things up it helps to develope and improve neurons faster!
There is NO such thing as genius. You might see someone who is a 'genius' or 'gifted' what you don't see is the TREMENDOUS amount of work and sacrifice to get there. As far as the 10,000 hours. Those are rookie numbers. You want to be one of the all-time greats, 10,000 hours is just the starting. point. Very few people have actually seen what time and effort it takes achieve greatness.
