Kelvin Paez
Ms. Benjamin
3-4 A
21 February 16
Based upon the book "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell he talks about this 10,000 hour rule. This rule states that 10,000 hours is the magic number of hours you have to practice to become a expert at it. He proves this, by providing examples of famous people like Bill Gates the owner of Microsoft, who practiced coding for many hours each day and day to become an expert at it. Anyone having this knowledge of the 10,000 hour rule does not guarantee their success, but it can help it.
Primarily, this rule does not guarantee success because what would happen if the talent is not there. Someone could be spending countless hours on a craft but, if the talent is not there, there is a slim chance of one getting somewhere in life. To add to, another factor in this would be a person doing the practicing wrong. For example, if a person wants to become a musician for the trombone and practices based upon this rule but, practices wrong. The person may be playing all the notes slurred or his slide positions could be a little off as a result, the chances of success become very slim. Once it comes down for showtime, the person will play everything just like how he practiced and everything will be incorrect. This will lead to devastation of that person not getting that dream job.
Nevertheless, there are reasons why this rule can go into much benefit. People having such practice on their crafts can reduce the competition by a lot. One having such experience in one thing, will eliminate all the other competitors who did not put as much effort as you. As a result, the people who put the countless hours in will be rewarded significantly.
All in all, I generally do not agree completely with this rule being that one may practice wrong or just do not have the talent. However, I can see why this can come into great help, competition wise.
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