Comments on: How People Get Good at Their Jobs https://www.isegoria.net/2014/05/how-people-get-good-at-their-jobs/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Al Fin https://www.isegoria.net/2014/05/how-people-get-good-at-their-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-1257667 Al Fin Thu, 22 May 2014 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35155#comment-1257667 As Caplan says, the 10,000 hour rule is only a qualified success, depending upon the innate talent and character strength of the child or youth to begin with.

I’m surprised that Caplan would toot Gladwell’s horn over this, since Gladwell is only a cheap opportunist — it was Ericsson and others who developed the ideas: Ericsson, K. A., Prietula, M. J., & Cokely, E. T. (2007). The Making of an Expert. Harvard Business Review (July-August ).

My 2 cents worth from a 2012 posting.

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