Hello fellow students. So after taking an incredibly long train ride I finally finished reading some Malcolm Gladwell and was particularly interested on what it takes to become talented. So I thought I could share my insights with you.
Unfortunately for most of us, the news is a little depressing.
How to become Talented
Gladwell says there are in general two main components to becoming talented. He states that to become a master at anything you must apply approximately 10,000 hours to it. That means if you spent six hours a day on the violin each day every day, you’d become a master in a little under 5 years. This is a depressing concept in itself but you didn’t even hear the worst part!
The Components of Talent
Becoming a master at something also requires a large amount of luck. Having the right parents, being placed in the right school, reading the right books, hanging with the right crowd etc, all add to whether you will make that magical 10,000th hour and truly become a master at something. A silver lining to all this is what makes masters different from regular people. The making of a master is not necessarily natural talent but the ability to stay committed to a goal.