In the book, The Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about what separates mediocre people from great people. He talks about various situations and circumstances that can be the difference between the ones who are successful and those who are not. The constant thing that seems to come up in every example was the fact that the people who became super successful were those are ones who put the quality practice in. The ones, who day in and day out continued to train themselves in whatever their thing was. The ones who hit the 10,000 hours of repetition. Study after study, it was proven to be the mark that took the average Joe from average to good or from good to great. People who just put in 5000 hours still were ordinary, simply put, they would quit too soon. Those quitters would think that they weren’t as good as their counterparts, but in reality, they didn’t put in as many hours like the others. There was just something about the 10,000-hour mark that made all the difference between being average and being phenomenal.
Here are three tips to making the 10,000-hour mark:
Tip #1 – Once You Start Do Not Stop
You will always have ups and downs but staying consistent is the most important thing. Once you find your passion and your reason why it will be easier to keep going in the direction of your goals. Do not stop, keep going, put your head down and make the grind apart of your life.
Tip #2– Compare Yourself to YOU
Just because someone is better than you, doesn’t mean you won’t get there. Quit comparing yourself to everyone else. Compete with yourself. If you focus on being better than you were yesterday you eventually will be amongst the greats.
Tip #3– Work
Rihanna said it best, work, work, work, work, work! You must work! There is not much more to this than that. Grind it out every day.
So, when you think that you have given all your time and energy and are frustrated about your progress, ask yourself, have I given my 10,000 hours? Have I hit that mark? And if you are 8,000 hours, it’s close but not it. Keep going, you must practice. Now does that mean that once you get there, you stop? No, but after you get there, you alter your goal and strive for something new. Practice is not just the most important thing it is everything.
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