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Chapter 2 The 10,000-Hour Rule

Chapter 2 The 10,000-Hour Rule. Hook. Journal Entry: Besides having 10,000 hours what other factors contribute to success and help people become experts? Do you believe people like Bill Gates just happened to be born at the perfect time which lead to their immense success?.

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Chapter 2 The 10,000-Hour Rule

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  1. Chapter 2 The 10,000-Hour Rule

  2. Hook Journal Entry: • Besides having 10,000 hours what other factors contribute to success and help people become experts? • Do you believe people like Bill Gates just happened to be born at the perfect time which lead to their immense success?

  3. Chapter 2 Summary • The Idea that once you have 10,000 hours in field you are considered an expert in that field • Gladwell also thinks that good fortune and arbitrary chance have a factor towards success like Bill Joy didn’t intend to go into computer science but his school happened to have coding which launched his career • Gladwell thinks that innate talent is real but people like Bill Gates and The Beatles have loads of it • 14 of the 75 richest people were born within 9 years of each other (1953-1956) • Gladwell says lucky breaks are not the exception but the rule

  4. What is the significance to the 10,000 hour rule? Researchers have found that it seems to take about 10,000 to achieve true mastery.

  5. How did the fact that Bill Joy attended University of Michigan when their computer center was one of the best in the world impact Joy’s competence in programming? Joy entered school contemplating a major in either biology or mathematics, but he stumbled across the computing center late in his freshman year and was hooked.

  6. Who is Anders Ericsson? What did he conclude about talent vs. practice when studying musicians? Anders Ericsson is a Swedish psychologist. Anders Ericsson created a study pertaining to how important practice is versus talent. Interestingly enough, Ericsson concluded that practice is actually much more important than talent and that talent is just a small part of being good at something. Ericsson found his study indicated the 10,000-hour rule is correct. The 10,000-hour rule is that in order for somebody to be an “expert” in a particular subject, they must have at least 10,000 hours of practice in it.

  7. What is the significance of “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good”? Practice leads to success. The over 10,000 hours The Beatles, Joy, and Gates had on their skill was all practice that lead to them being successful

  8. Is it possible to put in 10,000 hours without any support from other people No, everyone needs a teacher or mentor that shows them how to start, Stars also need other people to cover responsibilities for them so the stars can have that free time to practice.

  9. Which band does Gladwell discuss in this chapter? Why is Hamburg, Germany part of their 10,000 hours? The Beatles, They sets they played were 8 hours long, and they played seven days a week. By the time the Beatles began having major success in 1964, they had played live performances approximately twelve hundred times (more than most bands today ever play live in their lifetimes).

  10. When were Gates, Joy, and Allen all born? Gates: October 28, 1955 Joy: November 8, 1954 Allen: January 21, 1953

  11. Similar to hockey players, how did the HIDDEN ADVANTAGE of birthdate benefit Bill Gates and Bill Joy? They year they were born was in a span of 9 years were 14 of the 75 richest people were born

  12. Part four: Teaching strategy Effective questioning is a teaching strategy that relates to chapter 2. Effective questioning is asking questions that leads the reader or audience to really think about the question asked.

  13. Part five: Is practice necessary? AGREE STRONGLY AGREE FOUR CORNERS DISAGREE STRONGLY DISAGREE

  14. Part six: Closing • Practice is the key to success • Innate talent will only become expertise with practice • Successful people tend to hit multiple lucky breaks that play to their advantage

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