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January 02, 2009

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Briana

I'm glad you posted this article as I've thought about this a bunch. At what point does one become successful or consider himself a successful person? This also implies that anyone can be successful if they're willing to devote the hard work to do so. It's encouraging to me when my road to success seems so long and I want to throw in the towel, sell everything, and move to Morocco. So I stick it out, suck it up, and realize that all the training in Calculus or Chemistry is to get me to my great goal and passion. Success is just around the bend. In about 8,000 hours or so. ;)

Carl Reid

My wife and I just finished reading that book as well. I'm in total agreement with the 10,000 Hours of Hard Work. Now I can only calculate how many hours I've invested so far?!?!?

Regards,
Carl

D*LSH DESIGN

that's pretty awesome... i have been thinking that i lost myself and my dreams, but you opened my eye to a new perspective. i'm not a photographer, but this applies to everyone. we all have to pay our dues to get to where we want to be. i think i'm almost there.

Jarrad Kevin

Great post, Nick.
I've been a big fan of Gladwell's for some time. I have purchased "Outliers" and it's in the reading queue. I recall Gladwell briefly mentioning the 10,000 hour idea in one of his other books; The Tipping Point, I believe. It really struck a chord with me at the time as it seemed to make so much sense.

Nick Onken

It's a lot of work, and just goes to show us that no matter what we do, that's what it takes.

Ed Araquel

Great post!

I believe Rob Haggart's post over at A Photo Editor is talking about a similar thing to the 10,000 hours theory through interviews with Ira Glass available on Youtube: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/12/22/finding-a-decent-story-killing-crap-and-reaching-your-potential/

They key quote is: “People get into creative work because they have great taste… but the first couple years that you’re making stuff what you’re making is not that good… but your taste is good enough that you can tell what you’re making is not good enough, it’s kind of a disappointment to you… a lot of people never get past that phase… they quit.”

So I would say that in addition to taking 10,000 hours to START to become successful, another key factor is DON'T QUIT!

Anwar

I totally agree with the 10000 hours before you get your grip on the trait. Success come through hard work, determination, goals, master plan and friend who has the same interest who can support you when you are down. Edgar F Robert quoted "Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awaken by a keen desire and a definite resolution to do"

PRESTONSilvia28

The home loans suppose to be important for guys, which are willing to ground their company. In fact, this is not hard to get a student loan.

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