{"id":955,"date":"2011-01-24T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=955"},"modified":"2024-12-25T16:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T00:53:40","slug":"initiative-now-thats-what-im-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/initiative-now-thats-what-im-talking-about\/","title":{"rendered":"“Initiative! Now that’s what I’m talking about”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A couple days ago, I wrote about the “Michael Jordan Method To Music Mastery.<\/a>” I recommend you go check it out.<\/p>\n

But in it, I introduced a concept from Malcolm Gladwell’s book, “Outliers” which asserts that it takes about “10,000 hours to master a skill.”<\/p>\n

I got some really good feedback both via the comments and e-mail. But one of my favorites came from J.R. Massey:<\/p>\n

Great motivating article!!! I did some number crunching and found out:<\/p>\n

a. 10,000 hours divided by 1 hour\/day = 27 1\/3 years
\nb. 10,000 hours divided by 3 hours\/day = 9 years
\nc. 10,000 hours divided by 6 hours\/day = 4 1\/2 years
\nd. 10,000 hours divided by 12 hours\/day = 2 1\/3 years<\/p>\n

All this says to me is that mastery can be achieved, depending upon your dedication to the task at hand!!! Thanks Jermaine!! Yah bless!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Question to everyone: How many people actually took that stat to heart and calculated the years like J.R. Massey? How many took the time to think about it like this?<\/p>\n

And that is my point today…<\/p>\n

Most won’t take action and do what it takes to succeed at their passions. Only the dedicated few. J.R. Massey seems to be in that group.<\/p>\n

And from studying some of the best self-taught musicians in the world, I’ve discovered they all have these things in common: <\/p>\n