Re:The path toward mastery: How to become an expert in a field
by bayesian_horse on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @04:50AM
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I'd say the 10000 hour thing is an oversimplification. There is no clear-cut definition for either "expert" or "deliberate" practice, so those statements can never be proven or disproven.
To me it is inevitable that some people embark on a journey of mastery only to discover that there is some kind of barrier that they can't overcome just by thinking or working their way out of it. Plenty of clear-cut examples, lot's of more murky ones. Some barriers are predictable, some aren't.
And mastery doesn't even equal success. Many master painters had no success in their life time. Many successful artists have questionably mastery.
To me it is inevitable that some people embark on a journey of mastery only to discover that there is some kind of barrier that they can't overcome just by thinking or working their way out of it. Plenty of clear-cut examples, lot's of more murky ones. Some barriers are predictable, some aren't.
And mastery doesn't even equal success. Many master painters had no success in their life time. Many successful artists have questionably mastery.