The 10,000 Hour Rule

Gladwell writes about the 10,000 hour rule where he explains the reason behind the success of outliers such as the Beatles, Bill Gates, and professional pianists is that they each had accumulated 10,000 hours of practice in their respective fields. I found this fascinating as it shows that you don't need a ridiculous amount of talent or be extremely smart to succeed. What you need is practice; the means to practice, passion for the thing you are doing a drive to succeed. Gladwell said “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good” (42).  He also goes on to say that for these outliers it’s not only practice that made them successful but also being born in the right year and having just the right luck. Gladwell says that for a pianist to succeed their parents have to have the resources to start them off at an a early age with a teacher and also to get in the required 10,000 hours of practice the child also has to increase the amount of time in which they practice as they get older to reach the magical 10,000 mark of success. Though in this chapter success seems within reach for those who are willing to work very hard for it; In our society the cards also have to be in your favor to be able to have any chance of success and then you have to work extremely hard to show you deserve the luck you got, you have to be willing to take advantage of the opportunities that have been given to you.