Originally Posted by: Bruce JI can't remember the name of this book, but it's a popular one that came out a couple of years ago. Maybe Blink or Tipping Point or that type if you know what I mean. Anyway, it talked about the study of greatness or "brilliance" in some people, whether musicians, athletes, or even computer programmers like Bill Gates. The simple conclusion was that none had a real short cut but excelled after achieving about 10,000 hours of diligent practice. Sure some people have a little more physical or other natural skill that can help them some, but there's no escaping the time commitment.

There is a book called "This is your brain on music", and it dives into that 10,000 hours (roughly of course) to achieve "mastery". He said that with all of his research (he's a PHD-neuroscientist by the way), that magical 10,000 hours number kept popping up everywhere in studies concerning everything from sports, music, chess, to even people in business and so on. Interesting stuff for sure.