Along with crack users serving longer terms than cocaine users, Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule is a statistic that people just love to state, as if they’re the only ones who know about it. For those who do not know, the 10,000-hour rule states that for anyone to master a skill, they must first practice that skill for at least 10,000 hours. The nice, round number has made the rule a popular term. It’s too bad the rule is completely false.
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