Hey all! Good day.

I have this book 'Outliers' by Malcolm Gladwell. Very interesting to me.

Here is a link: http://www.wisdomgroup.com/report/10000_hours_of_practice/

10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in any given subject. True or no, I like the idea and Malcolm takes a pragmatic approach to his research. Now the term 'mastery' can be overused, abused and perhaps mis-used. So take it with a grain. So for you and me and our chosen professions or instruments it breaks down roughly to this:

3 hours per day for 9 years.
4 hrs per day for 7 years.
5 hrs per day for 5.5 years.
6 hrs per day for 4.5 years.

When I see it like this (those are my own rough calculations) it does not seem so daunting. It is only int he real-life, real-time, day to day that we need our discipline or focus.

His basic premise is that it takes getting to a point where 'practice' becomes the way of life and ultra enjoyable. Makes sense. Here is wishing you all some self mastery in some way today!

Cheers!!