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Remember: you can practice being bad at something too! 5
Secondly, there are other factors that contribute to achieving and sustaining expertise— one of which is genetics: some people are just innately talented at certain things. Pablo Picasso was a better draftsman at the age of seven than most adults who were artists too. Was that because he had been drawing for 10,000 hours? Obviously not. He was just born an artist.
So if it’s not 10,000 hours, is there an exact number? Some other estimates of the number are as low as 2,000 hours and as high as 25,000 hours.
“2,000 hours is low???” “Depends on what we’re talking about. How many hours do you spend on your phone, annually?” 6
The point is to give yourself enough time to grow—enough time to learn from your mistakes until you no longer make them.
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” — Niels Bohr
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan
5 This is known as maladaptive practice: when repeated practice that reinforces incorrect techniques, habits, or understanding actually make you worse over time—not better. Maladaptive practice can lead to automating errors: when you repeat a flawed process so many times that the error becomes automatic. 6 Recent data shows teenagers spend an average of 2,200 hours on their phones per year. IF YOU SPENT 2,200 HOURS A YEAR ON ACADEMICS, YOU’D BE A SCHOLAR!
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