absurd effort
In “The Soloist” there is a scene which depicts a teenage Nathaniel Ayers laying in bed with with cello strings drawn onto arm with a pen. Before going to sleep -and possibly during- he would play this “instrument” to improve his cello skills.
A little much, right?
Malcom Gladwell in his book, “Outliers: The Story of Success” claims that 10,000 hours of practice in one’s field is needed before becoming “great”.
He sifts through the timelines of giants like Mozart, The Beatles, Bill Gates, and even famous hockey players demonstrating that, no matter what field, good becomes great at the 10,000 hour mark. It’s not genius, it’s time and focus.
This got me thinking…
