lambdaphant’s posterous

lambdaphant’s posterous

Michael Matuzak  //  Programmer by day, booze drinking calamari cruncher by night.

Oct 21 / 7:50am

Advice in Interesting Times

Success doesn't come from a high IQ or innate talent. It takes a willingness to work hard. In Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers, he introduced the "10,000 hour rule," which holds that it takes about 10,000 hours of hard work and practice -- or ten years -- to become a world-class expert in anything. The difference between a good violinist and a virtuoso comes down to ambition and having the discipline to put in the requisite time. As someone once said, in golf as in life, it is the follow through that makes the difference.

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