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The expert mind - A decade is enough to be an expert at anything: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-expert-mind&print=true
– BorgClown, 2008-09-24 at 07:02:10 (10 comments)

	On 2008-09-24 at 07:05:42, BorgClown wrote... Old news, but the message is timeless. Scientific study of chess masters confirms that hard work and dedication pay off. I love this study.
	On 2008-09-24 at 07:14:08, BorgClown wrote... Oh, but the key is challenging yourself constantly, otherwise hard work is not enough. I believe this is the article that popularized the Herbert A. Simon's 10-year rule, "It takes approximately a decade of heavy labor to master any field".
	On 2008-09-24 at 07:40:11, Lee J Haywood wrote... http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19125691.300
	On 2008-09-24 at 08:05:07, BorgClown wrote... Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance - I want that book
	On 2008-09-24 at 17:01:27, Baslisks wrote... @BorgClown: that may not apply to consecutive years. I've been playing sax for about 10 years now but I would not consider myself an expert.
	On 2008-09-24 at 17:03:13, Lee J Haywood wrote... For some reason I was convinced that it was only 3 years.
	On 2008-09-24 at 17:03:20, Baslisks wrote... also read "this is your brain on music" if you are really interested on another viewpoint of the topic.
	On 2008-09-24 at 17:04:58, Baslisks wrote... @Lee J Haywood: it's estimated that you can become an expert in 10k hours. 3 years is diligent work and learning to reach that 10k mark.
	On 2008-09-24 at 17:54:58, BorgClown wrote... It's ten years of at least 4 daily hours, based on amateur to word-level chess players. That amounts to almost 15000 hours of tackling projects that are just above you capabilities. I can understand why world-masters are so rare, it's a freaking huge workout to be one. As the article says, most of us do that until we reach a level we are comfortable, like professional, or being better than our friends.
	On 2008-09-24 at 18:06:03, Baslisks wrote... @BorgClown: mmmmmm yeah. Strive to succeed people!