In Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, explains that “The students who would end up the best in their in their class began to practice more than everyone else…” (38).
“The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires critical minimum level of practice surface again and again in studies of expertise. In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours,” (Gladwell 40).
The author is explaining that by reaching the ten thousand hours or more, you’re likely to excel at your field.
This quote stood out to me because I haven’t really known that ten thousand is the amount of hours put into practice that help succeed in life. Ten thousands hours is massive amount of hours to practice.
“The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires critical minimum level of practice surface again and again in studies of expertise. In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours,” (Gladwell 40).
The author is explaining that by reaching the ten thousand hours or more, you’re likely to excel at your field.
This quote stood out to me because I haven’t really known that ten thousand is the amount of hours put into practice that help succeed in life. Ten thousands hours is massive amount of hours to practice.