What 10,000 Hours Gets Wrong

ByJowi Witt

One thing I observed is that mastery is on the other side of repetition.
​Doing one thing as often as possible.

I’ve heard it often that true mastery takes 10,000 hours.
Yet that’s only part of the truth.
It takes time, that’s true—
But it also takes repetition and feedback.

In the beginning, every master starts at 0.
At the start, they are newbies.

When they begin, it’s all about putting their effort in.
Doing as much and as often as they can.
​It is all about quantity.

Putting the reps in.

Then you need to take a break and analyze the quantity served.
These are my seasoned notes now.
I see them if they worked out.
​Gather feedback.​
So I can get better as well.

Quality can only happen on the back of quantity.

Take massive action to create massive success.
After a while, patterns will emerge.
These patterns will show you the good things.

It takes working for gold.​
The gold will stay longer because it’s heavier.
The reality is that all of it will take time.

So the 10,000 don’t come out of nowhere.
They are just showing you that you need to put time and effort in.

Over the years, I have found the equation for Excellence:

Excellence = Quantity × Quality × Time​
(Short: E = n × X × t)

Quantity is the X-factor.​
Quality is the amount of output.
Time is time.

If you stick with it, there will be results.​
You just need to do the work.

That’s the pursuit of Excellence.
​It is what will make the difference.

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