This is very desperate. The arena of life has begun, but we lost at the starting line. Without dazzling talent, are we doomed to miss the top of the pyramid?
No! The Theory of 10,000 Hours of Genius says: If you want to succeed, what you need is not talent, but 10,000 hours of training!
Edison has a famous saying: Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration; But he also said: 1% inspiration is the most important, even more important than 99% sweat! That talent is the most important!
The theory of 10,000 hours of genius subverts the traditional theory of genius, because science can't locate genes related to talent, but through a lot of research and examples, it is proved that all world-class geniuses need to go through 10000 hours of hard practice, without exception!
Many people like to label this book "inspirational" and "successful", but I think its significance goes far beyond this. It is different from ordinary inspirational books and full of chicken soup. Unlike today's success science, it will teach you how to get rich overnight and succeed quickly.
On the one hand, this book clearly tells you that there are hardships and long-term practice behind their success by investigating the famous stories of celebrities from all walks of life, and vividly reproduces what' one minute on stage, ten years off stage'!
More importantly, this book abandons empty talk and tells how to reach the level of world-class genius through 10 thousand hours of practice from a practical point of view.
This 10000 hours is not a simple superposition of time, but 10000 hours of "intensive exercise": setting goals, training repeatedly, constantly challenging your limits with the mode of "practice-make mistakes-think-practice again", realizing the gap between yourself and your goals, and then getting promoted.
This is a long and painful process, because intensive exercise needs to be carried out in the best condition, while normal people can only achieve 3-5 hours of intensive exercise every day, so it needs at least 5 to 10000 hours of intensive exercise.
In addition, the 10,000-hour genius theory is based on subversive science, and it is a kind of neural circuit insulator called the' holy grail of learning skills', that is, myelin sheath.
When we do intensive exercise, the myelin sheath will wrap the corresponding nerve circuits with insulators. The thicker the myelin sheath and the stronger the insulation, the more accurate and agile our skills and thinking will be.
Most importantly, everyone has myelin sheath! Not unique to genius!
Therefore, I prefer to call it a' dream reference book' rather than an inspirational book. It shows us a way to the dream of genius. Although this road is full of thorns and bumps, we can achieve it in time as long as we have clear goals and exercise effectively.
It makes every ordinary person stop looking forward to success. Although success is still in the hands of a few people, the success of these few people is not because of their unique talents, but because they can stand the long and painful 10 thousand hours of training.
Finally, with a motto of Harvard Library, no one can succeed casually, it comes from thorough self-management and perseverance!