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Re: OT: 10,000 hours



Quoting Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>:
>
>> And Gladwell's point is that it takes 10,000 hours of "practice" to  
>>  realize that gift and that 10,000 hours of practice takes an   
>> environment conducive to such work (together with an appropriate   
>> temperament and inclination).
>
> And my point is that I challenge both the actual number of hours and
> the necessity for the environment. See Händel or Camus.
>
>
I went back through my practice logs and discovered that I stopped  
practicing after 9,999 hours.

DAMN!  One f'n hour from being a prodigy.