Hello everyone,
Here is a new quote from another book I have had in the past, but recently came across it as well. It is a quote from Malcolm Gladwell, from his book Outliers
"Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good." — Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers
The book is quite insightful based on practice, and that is not all. The major prerequisite of the book is focused on consistency. The author does not believe in the idea that talents are born or that it is all about talent alone; no, it is about being consistent with the practice, hence the advent of the quote: "Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good."
You cannot be good at something by just one day of practice or doing it for the first time; it does not work like that. Things do not play out that way. It needs time and obsession, and I am not the only one saying it; take it from Malcolm Gladwell, the author. He gave examples in his book, starting with the likes of successful men such as Bill Gates.
Bill Gates is a successful man who has been exposed to computers, which was the only one in his school that gave him access to experiment with and test things and coding. With that, his interest in the computer drove his long and long coding obsession with computers that led to the establishment of Microsoft. Long hours of work and dedication to a given thing led to the creation of a successful corporation.
In this book, I came across the understanding of the 10,000 hours. Malcolm Gladwell spoke about how, before one could achieve true mastery, one needs to have done the particular for at least 10,000 hours. Take that 10,000 hours and break it down into parts of hours that you can do in a day, and you will see what it takes to be dedicated.
To be dedicated to a particular cause requires you to be consistent, ot better still, obsessed, like what I see it as. The amount of time you give to a thing will determine how much good you can get at it. There is a reason why almost all super grandmasters of today had an early start with the game of chess as kids. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and more grandmasters. This is because the earlier the start, the more time you get to become really good at what you are spending time on.
The beauty of this good that I admire is the vivid examples given in the book to such examples like Bill Gates' story. I tell you what, consistency is what comes with success. Do not get it complicated into understanding it is something that can be done for a one-time thing. You have to show up regularly, even when it gets tough to show up. Tune out the noise and get to work. Lock in those hours as soon as possible.
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