Mastering Skills In Under Ten Thousand Hours

Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur · May 8, 2020 · 21m

There is a well-known book that describes mastery of skills as needing ten thousand hours. The ideas put forth in the book have many arguments for and against, but that is for another time. In this episode, we look at ways for mastering skills in under the ten thousand hours mentioned in the Outliers book. This theory is critical for our daily exercises in getting better because we do want to reach mastery at some point.

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