The 10,000 hour rule is wrong, according to its original authors

By |2020-04-07T09:22:09+02:00May 27th, 2016|Creativity|5 Comments

One of the most commonly cited figures when it comes to improving yourself is the so-called 10,000 hour rule. According to Malcolm Gladwell who popularised the notion in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, people who were performing at an expert level, such as musicians or sportspeople, had practiced for approximately 10,000 hours up [...]