“Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years... No one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was accomplished in less time. It seems that it takes the brain this long to assimilate all that it needs to know to achieve true mastery.” KnowsWorldNeedsYearsLongSeemsThreeFoundHoursBrainClassPracticeCasesWeekAchieveThousandTenAccomplishedMasteryExpertiseWorld Class Author:Daniel Levitin
“Many people look at successful entrepreneurs and think it's easy to get where they are at, but it really isn't. Many entrepreneurs work 16-18 hour days and thus have been able to achieve their high levels of success.” PeopleThinkingLooksHas BeensAbleEasyHoursLevelsSuccessfulAchieveEntrepreneurHigh LevelEasy To GetSuccessful Entrepreneurs Author:Jeet Banerjee
“You should diligently play scales and fingerpractices. There are many, however, who believe they'll achieve all, by practicing daily on technique for hours on end, up till high age. It's like practicing every day to enumerate the alfabet faster and faster. One would think one could make better use of their valuable time.” ThinkingShouldBelieveEndsPlayUseAgeHoursAchieveValuableTechniqueScalesFasterValuable Time Author:Robert Schumann
“Finding the fine line between satisfying a daytime TV audience and an afternoon radio audience. That involved editing down my delivery to under an hour. I've been blessed to have great producers and a great staff to achieve that. I have a small team but they're very efficient.” HoursLinesAudienceTeamAchieveTvsFineInvolvedFindingsBlessedRadioProducersSatisfyingAfternoonEfficientStaffEditingDeliveryFine LinesDaytimeDaytime Tv Author:Wendy Williams
“That's the rational premise behind my spending hours of billable time adjusting my Facebook preferences. The real reason, of course, for all this stuff, is that it provides a way to blow off work you should be doing, while creating the illusion that you are achieving something.” WayShouldRealReasonCoursesStuffHoursBehindsAchieveCreatingIllusionBlowSpendingRationalPreferencePremisesAdjusting Author:Jeffrey Zeldman