The First 20 Hours

I remember being greatly impressed when I read Outliers: The Story of Successby Malcol Gladwell.  It was a cool book that talked about the Beatles and Bill Gates and how they managed to take over their world by being in the right place at the right time-and by practicing for 10,000 hours. Josh Kaufman was also impressed, because he feels that a lot of people have used the 10,000 hour rule as a copout for avoiding learning anything. Josh says that the 10,000 rule works-if you want to master a topic.  But what if you don’t want to be Paul McCartney, you…

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