Comments on: Whoa there – is there really 10,000 hours of practice required?

By: Food for thought | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Food for thought | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:13:58 +0000

[...] a short timeframe to address immediate issues. 2)

By: Now Hiring – GM Software | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Now Hiring – GM Software | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:17:35 +0000

[...] written about my requirement for all employees to develop their own Guru Plans, which are really 10,000-hour projections as to how they can grow into their fullest capability in an area of central importance [...]

By: What’s required of our “Chief Software Engineer”? | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:59:44 +0000

[...] will take many years – possibly even 10,000 hours – to fully [...]

By: Analysts Arise – the Analytics Age is Nigh!? | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:41:49 +0000

[...] book reviews up yet) and having previously discussed the follow-on from his 3rd book (Outliers) in my post about the 10,000-hour rule, I was curious to read [...]

By: Incentivisation and Motivation - the Daniel Pink Way | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:55:30 +0000

[...] written about my requirement of employees to develop their own Guru Plans, which are really 10,000-hour projections as to how they can grow into their fullest capability in an area of central importance [...]

By: Open your mind to personal growth | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Open your mind to personal growth | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:11:50 +0000

[...] those who found value in the previous post about the 10,000 hour prerequisite required to achieve “Guru” status in your chosen field, there was a related article in the AFR [...]

By: Book Review: Tale of Two Systems | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Book Review: Tale of Two Systems | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:22:13 +0000

[...] Our situation (in the paradigm of lesson 1) is not ideal – as we have grown our company by hiring graduate software developers, or recent graduates.

By: Book Review: Roasted Passion | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam

Book Review: Roasted Passion | Behind the Scenes at Global-Roam — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:46:43 +0000

[...] There’s that 10,000 hour concept again: The author makes a point that Phil learned as much as he could in the long period of time (almost [...]

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:46:55 +0000

Hey, don’t forget that I’ve also requested hammocks.

This article reminds me a lot of the work ethic of Matthew Hayden (the former Australian cricket opener). He would spend hours and hours and hours practicing against a bowling machine in the nets, particularly when he was out of form. It is my belief that this made him Australia’s most successful opener of all time and gave him the ability to bully the best fast bowlers in the world. I’ve seen no other batsmen regularly stroll down the cricket pitch and smack a 140km/h cricket ball back over the bowlers head and into the grandstand like Hayden could.

Yet he had a very rocky start to his career. Dropped unceremoniously after being so famously worked over by Curtley Ambrose in 1996, Hayden almost never played for Australia again. But he worked on his weaknesses through constant practice and training.