josterD opened this issue on Aug 08, 2010 ยท 34 posts
bagginsbill posted Sun, 08 August 2010 at 10:06 PM
Yes, actually, anyone can become great by practicing.
People think talent is what allows you to become great. This is incorrect. Talent influences how long it takes to become great.
A talented musician will become great, from scratch, in 6000 hours of practice. Anybody can become great at any instrument with 10,000 hours of practice.
The problem is that most people are incapable of that kind of dedication. I have way more than 10,000 hours practicing the piano and I can play anything at all, having only heard it once. This is not talent - although a lot of people thought it was.
I am even better at software. I can write any kind of software, again because I have practiced it for an extraordinary amount - more than 60,000 hours.
Nobody can become great 1 hour a week for a couple years - that is 100 hours.
Nobody can become great 10 hours a week for a couple years - that is 1000 hours.
Anybody can become great 40 hours a week for 10 years - that is 20,000 hours.
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