10,000 Hours To Greatness

Hi friends,

I remember in one of Malcolm Gladwell's books, he suggests that to become the grandmaster in one thing, you need to spend about 10,000 hours of deliberate practice on doing that one thing. Gladwell gave examples of a grandsmaster chess player and a pro hockey player. He follows the development of both of these professionals in order to chart their journey becoming the best in their field. It is concluded that in essence, the journey to greatness is a lifelong journey and not something to be attained in the short run.

So this has got me thinking, what greatness do I want to achieve? I have a finite amount of time and I have to allocate my time accordingly on my journey to attain greatness. If I choose to be great in many areas, it would incur a lot of my time to be great in all of them. But if I choose to be great in only a specific area, I'll feel like I'm cornering myself in something I'm not even sure I'll be interested in down the line. These are the things that have been lingering in my mind recently.

I don't have any answers for that at the moment. But whatever it is, I'm ready to spend my 10,000 hours to achieve greatness.

On what would you spend your 10,000 hours?

Cheers friends.