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The Ten-Thousand Rule |
September 11, 2009 |
Volume 5, Number 10 |
In This Issue · The Ten-Thousand Rule Information about Stanley Speaking Engagements University of Georgia University of Nations, Kona, Hawaii Reinhardt College, Waleska, Georgia Recent e.Newsletters Public Speaking
for Communicators: How do people learn? Do Your Photos
Provide Context For Your Subject? Social Networking My Investment
Advice What about the
audience Teaching is a
great way to learn The Psychology of
the Telephoto Lens The Psychology of
the Wide-Angle Lens Equipment Used M-Audio Microtrack II This recorder lets you record in WAV or MP3 recording to compact flash card. Looking
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In his book Outliers Gladwell points to a 1990s study of violinists done by psychologist K. Anders Ericsson. Ericsson and his colleagues divided the violinists at Berlin’s elite Academy of Music into three groups: great players, good players and those unlikely to play professionally and intended to be school teachers. The different groupings of musicians were asked. “How many hours have you practiced since you first started playing?”
In his book Gladwell relates how the Beatles, Bill Gates, Bill Joy and other extraordinarily successful people have not only put in the ten thousand hours perfecting their craft, but they have done so in a astonishingly short time. Gladwell makes it clear that there is a threshold one must meet to complete in almost any field. He uses basketball players and IQ scores as examples.
This holds true in the field of photography as well. David Lyman, the founder of The Maine Workshop, began each class with a discussion on creativity. Lyman says it is essential to “marry the intellect and the heart with the hands.” He talks about how important persistence is to success and states that it takes about ten years to refine the craft of photography. How do you get to be invited to play at Carnegie Hall? — by practice, practice, practice. Bobby Fisher became a chess grandmaster in less than ten years, but it was close. It took him nine years. Great artists are indeed talented, but talent can be wasted. The masters of their crafts combined their talent with the thousands of hours of work at the canvas, the instrument, the camera or the free-throw line. The Masters put in the ten thousand hours or more essential to master their chosen playing field.
Five Characteristic of Success 1. Persistence It takes about 10 years or 10,000 hours to refine a craft. Woody Allen says just showing up is 90%. The successful show up prepared. Watch out for the Draculas out there. They drain your time and you. Get rid of them. 2. Be Nice 3. Your Resources
4. Be Skilled in Your Craft 5. Talent — Aptitude for the Profession Earl Nightingale says that we can become an expert in our field in as little as five years. Malcolm Gladwell tells us the Great Players put in ten years. The trip of ten thousand hours can begin now. |
Nearly
all basketball players are over six feet tall. But the taller players are not necessarily
the better players. However, to
compete it will be difficult if you are not at least six feet tall. 