If you want to be an expert, what little thing is almost as important as 10,000 hours of practice?

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Merely deciding you’re committed for the long-term vs the short-term.

Via The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How:

Long_term

When McPherson saw the graph, he was stunned. “I couldn’t believe my eyes,” he said. Progress was determined not by any measurable aptitude or trait, but by a tiny, powerful idea the child had before even starting lessons. The differences were staggering. With the same amount of practice, the long-term-commitment group outperformed the short-term-commitment group by 400 percent. The long-term-commitment group, with a mere twenty minutes of weekly practice, progressed faster than the short-termers who practiced for an hour and a half. When long-term commitment combined with high levels of practice, skills skyrocketed.

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