Re: OT: 10,000 hours

[Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com>]

Yakayakayaka Kevin that sucks man, just one more hour, argh!  Pretty 
funny...

All good points...

On 7/17/09, kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com <kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com> 
wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>


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