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Re:The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth by Clubber on Monday March 13, 2017 @08:57AM (#13857354)
The quickest path to success is having rich relatives and friends. Everyone should just pursue that.

All joking aside, even if they are placebos (and Myer's Briggs certainly is), whatever it takes to motivate people towards excellence to me would be a positive.

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Re:The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth by LanceH on Monday March 13, 2017 @11:26AM (#13858581)
Ten thousand hours of deliberate practice is hardly a placebo.
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Re:The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth by Clubber on Monday March 13, 2017 @08:47PM (#13863993)
It is if it doesn't actually solve the problem it is being sold to solve.
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