{"id":34302,"date":"2021-08-20T19:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T09:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=34302"},"modified":"2021-08-20T19:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T09:44:31","slug":"practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=34302","title":{"rendered":"Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Practice\"<\/p>\n

I read that someone did a survey and no matter if it were art, sport or anything else, it took about ten thousand hours to become world class at something.<\/p>\n

I also read that most people grossly over estimate what they can get done in a day and grossly under estimate what they can get done in ten years.<\/p>\n

If you put 2 hours and 45 minutes a day into something, in ten years you would have invested 10,000 hours into it and you could be world class at it.<\/p>\n

At what would you like to be at a world class standard?<\/p>\n

The world’s foremost cellist, Pablo Casals, at 83 was asked why he continued to practice four and five hours a day. Casals answered, “Because I think I am making progress.”<\/p>\n

I just love that response!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read that someone did a survey and no matter if it were art, sport or anything else, it took about ten thousand hours to become world class at something. I also read that most people grossly over estimate what they can get done in a day and grossly under estimate what they can get … <\/p>\n

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