“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“And what’s more, the people at the very top don’t work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative advantage.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“Achievement is talent plus preparation.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
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