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Bill Gates on Expertise: 10,000 Hours and a Lifetime of Fanaticism
Bill Gates responds to Malcolm Gladwell s theory that it takes 10 000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill. Apart from acknowledging luck timing and an open mind Gates suggests that a successful person survives many cycles of attrition to make it to 10 000 hours of experience. "You do have to be lucky enough but also fanatical enough to keep going " explains Gates.
