Comments on: 10,000 Hours. How Long is That? http://www.ryac.ca/blog/2010/01/10000-hours-how-long-is-that/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10000-hours-how-long-is-that ★ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John C http://www.ryac.ca/blog/2010/01/10000-hours-how-long-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-826 John C Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:14:23 +0000 http://www.ryac.ca/blog/?p=18#comment-826 Recent research has shown that 10,000 hours is equal to about 8 years. Recent research has shown that 10,000 hours is equal to about 8 years.

]]> By: anom http://www.ryac.ca/blog/2010/01/10000-hours-how-long-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-768 anom Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:49:11 +0000 http://www.ryac.ca/blog/?p=18#comment-768 <a href="#comment-759" rel="nofollow">@Bill</a> your calculation is if you sleep only 6h every single day, and if you don't work at all and you're at all times improving in your parenting (you don't even let space to eat or shit). plus you're ignoring that your kids may need to do their own stuff (going to school etc), at which times all you could do is read a book on parenting. even more you oversimplify by assuming that parenting a baby is the same as parenting a 6-8 year old or a teenager. while for a violin, piano, snowboarding, etc, the technique and methods remain the same, this is not true for a growing human being. if you were to put 10,000 hours practice on how to take care of newborns(babies) you would probably become an expert at it and could take care of other newborns, but not of a 4,8, or 12 year-old. parenting ain't easy @Bill
your calculation is if you sleep only 6h every single day, and if you don’t work at all and you’re at all times improving in your parenting (you don’t even let space to eat or shit). plus you’re ignoring that your kids may need to do their own stuff (going to school etc), at which times all you could do is read a book on parenting. even more you oversimplify by assuming that parenting a baby is the same as parenting a 6-8 year old or a teenager. while for a violin, piano, snowboarding, etc, the technique and methods remain the same, this is not true for a growing human being.

if you were to put 10,000 hours practice on how to take care of newborns(babies) you would probably become an expert at it and could take care of other newborns, but not of a 4,8, or 12 year-old.

parenting ain’t easy

]]> By: Bam http://www.ryac.ca/blog/2010/01/10000-hours-how-long-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Bam Sat, 07 May 2011 19:02:03 +0000 http://www.ryac.ca/blog/?p=18#comment-767 You should add weeks per year so people can factor in vacation time or the length of a season (if you're trying to become an expert in a winter sport like skiing, for instance). You should add weeks per year so people can factor in vacation time or the length of a season (if you’re trying to become an expert in a winter sport like skiing, for instance).

]]> By: Bill http://www.ryac.ca/blog/2010/01/10000-hours-how-long-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Bill Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:18 +0000 http://www.ryac.ca/blog/?p=18#comment-759 Do you get to be a good parent in about 1 year? Care for a newborn 18 hours per day, 7 days per week, 1.52 years. Hmmmmm... Do you get to be a good parent in about 1 year? Care for a newborn 18 hours per day, 7 days per week, 1.52 years. Hmmmmm…

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]]> By: coleman http://www.ryac.ca/blog/2010/01/10000-hours-how-long-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-484 coleman Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:38:59 +0000 http://www.ryac.ca/blog/?p=18#comment-484 cool stuff - i'm tweeting this! cool stuff – i’m tweeting this!

]]> By: Edgar Tan http://www.ryac.ca/blog/2010/01/10000-hours-how-long-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Edgar Tan Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:22:53 +0000 http://www.ryac.ca/blog/?p=18#comment-472 Like it. Simple and elegant. If the slider throbs lightly then it would have been faster for me to figure out where to start. Like it. Simple and elegant. If the slider throbs lightly then it would have been faster for me to figure out where to start.

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