Analysis Of 10, 1000 Hour Rule By Malcolm Gladwell

The 10,000 Hour Rule by Malcolm Gladwell
By Rachel Henke | Submitted On October 27, 2011

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Expert Author Rachel Henke
'Outliers,' by Malcolm Gladwell is one of the classics and contains an extremely important message for budding experts.

I absolutely love this book! Have you read it yet? I recently read Tipping Point by the same author, and enjoyed that but this one is even better. It is completely fascinating.

Although
It's a social study of the secret of success and is like a modern twist on Think and Grow Rich. It is as you might imagine full of amazing true stories but rather than just relating inspirational 'rags to riches' stories it actually investigates the nitty gritty of where people have come from and how their upbringing affects their success.

One of the fascinating case studies in the book is, 'What does Bill Gates have in common with the Beatles?' Shall I tell you or let you read it and discover for yourself? It is an incredible case study so go on treat yourself to the book - it is one for your success library.

If money is tight or you read as many as me why not join the library? It was just sitting waiting for me on the shelf at the little Stowmarket Library so I guess it was destined for
For Network Marketers this is particularly useful I feel, because people often come in thinking they will get rich in a couple of years. (or less!)

Some do but let's be honest - they are freaks of nature! But take a look at how many hours they 'practiced,' before those 2 years. Perhaps they are new to Network Marketing but what did they do before?

Maybe they were coaches, teachers or marketers. That means they clocked up A LOT of hours doing some of the activities that you need to do to be successful in Network Marketing.

Are you getting the picture? I find this strangely comforting because it means that although your background and upbringing does have a major impact on your success; you can make up for this by putting in your 10,000 hours.

The other thing to bear in mind is that this emphasises the need to specialise in something. If you're trying to be brilliant at too many things you may not be able to get your 10,000 hours in to achieve real success in any particular field.

I did a quick calculation as follows:

If you do 10 hours per week for 10 years you still only reach 5,200 hours and that's with NO weeks