there is a "10-year" rule for those considered the tops in any field.
10 years of hardwork,deliberate practice...
according to this article
which is probably from a few days ago... a world-class virtuoso will have practiced 10,000 hours in his or her lifetime.
if you break 10,000 hours into 10 years (obviously not a lifetime) you will have something like 2.5 hours a day, every day...
but it requires deliberate practice (observing and constantly adjusting and fixing mistakes) not just pounding away at the piano or swinging a golf club a thousand times with no real technique.
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so, if I were to just practice playing the piano, with a really good teacher mind you, since I graduated highschool then I could probably be a concert pianist right now.
the article goes on to talk about how certain people "stop learning" and how others continue to learn... something to do with drive and proper practicing technique...
i've repeated myself.
anyhow, I wonder if it would be possible to be a world class geek... I probably have more than enough practice at that.
actually... scratch that. I am a world class geek - the trick now is to find someone to pay me for being one.
so for all of those people who are you think are talented - they are not natural born - they are raised...
it gives me hope... one day, I can still possibly be a ballerina! :-P
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
practice really does make perfect...
posted @ 08:58 by ryan in [ Innergeek... ]
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