Simply doing something for 10,000 hours doesn't make you an expert. True experts engage in , which includes:
Based on the research in (edited by K. Anders Ericsson), 1. Deliberate Practice Over Mere Experience
Experts don't practice endlessly; they practice effectively. The book identifies "invariant characteristics" for success:
Excellence is a long game. Researchers across chess, music, and sports found that it typically takes at least to reach international-level performance. By the age of 20, many top performers have already accumulated over 10,000 hours of this specialized practice. 3. Preventing "Automaticity"
: Focusing on a narrow aspect of performance rather than just "playing" or "working".