Originating in ‘Outliers‘ (haven’t actually read it yet but know it comes from there) is the idea that it takes 10,000 hours to become a champion at anything. This of course is not a literal rule but the idea behind it is to emphasis the effort required to get to such a high level of competency. So using the 10,000 hours rule, working full time (38 hours a week) it will take you approximately 5 years to become top level. At an hour a day its closer to 30 years..
This is discouraging, especially if you consider the fact that to dedicate 8 hours a day you have to be really committed. But it aims to remove the ‘effort shock‘ (Based off price shock theory) where people pick up a new activity until they realise how hard it actually is, then they give up.
In actual reality its probable less but I assume you start off at close to an hour a week until you learn to love the art, then dedicate more an more time until you’re working full time on perfecting it.
The younger you are, the easier it is to pick things up also which would affect your ability to become amazing.
‘The dip‘ is also an interesting book as it ephasises that the law of diminishing returns grows until it seems like you are making negative progress. Pushing through this is the hardest part and separates the truely dedicated from the rest.
This applies to everything, creative pursuits, arts, sciences, sports, whatever
There was a forum I recently saw which amazed me, this is a guy painted every day for 9 years. He posted most of his paintings during this whole time and you can see his progress.. it is amazing.
Anyway the point to this is that I want to become proficient in many things and it can at times feel like I don’t have enough time to achieve this.. Also partially to give the mentality that you can achieve anything you put your head to (with appropriate dedication).
Hopefully the technological singularity brings immortality and I have all the time in the world to perfect everything 🙂
Strikee 