By Pat Ferdinandi
If you were given 10,000 hours to do whatever you wanted...what would you spend the hours doing? Your choice...not obligatory. (Oh, and don't put making money on the list...the only people that make money work for the Mint!)
How many activities are on that list? If more than one, prioritize them.
How many hours have you spent doing the items on your list over the last week? How about the last month? How about the last year? Does the item at the top have the most hours you spend during the day assigned to them?
This isn't an article about time management. Everyone has the same twenty-four hours to do what they want. How you manage the time is up to you.
As Jeffrey Gitomer always says, "You already know what to do, you're just not doing it!" Why aren't you doing it? That's something different than prioritization. I suspect that it is because you do not have a clear understanding of what it takes to succeed.
This is an article about success:
How did they become successful?
It isn't just spending the 10,000 hours...it is HOW one spends the 10,000 hours. Those that become the best spend their 10,000 hours practicing purposefully and single-mindedly with the intent of getting better. These are the individuals that become successful. Those that achieve the 10,000 hours first...become the leader. It is a consistent and focused practice for an accumulation of 10,000 hours to get to be the best.
Here is where time management meets passion. The Best find opportunities to practice. If you are passionate about any of the items on your list, you will find the time to study, practice and learn by making mistakes. Oh yes, The Best is willing to fail in order to learn. They have the confidence and perspective that one learns from failures and never avoids something for fear of failure.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, stated in an interview with Charlie Rose that you don't find passion. Passion finds you. This is true. Tiger Woods was handed a golf club at age four. The Beatles agreed to work for minimum payment in Hamburg Germany (seven days a week that included 12 hours of playing (aka practicing)).
In many cases, someone instigates or introduces you to something that you become passionate about. Then someone has to give you the opportunity to learn how to be an expert. Once your passion is established, the best find opportunities to practice.
Our kids may not have a passion because the thing to be passionate about hasn't been invented or introduced to them yet. So, how do you start developing the 10,000 hours? By developing the work ethics that will help you develop the 10,000 hours when passion finds you.
Think about Jeff Bezos. The idea of an online book store didn't exist. In fact, when he was growing up, the Internet didn't exist. His family heritage (according to Wikipedia) did include risk- taking...The ability to "try something new" without the fear of failure. That was passed on (nurtured) to/in him. When he saw an opportunity in the new Internet Retailing, he already was trained to be a risk-taker. Starting Amazon.com was an opportunity that took advantage of his risk-taking training.
This idea of being prepared for opportunities is not new:
If you are not of Asian decent, that doesn't mean you can not adjust. You can put down the remote or stop watching entertainment videos and practice. Will watching "Dancing with the Stars" really help you to be successful?
This statement doesn't mean you must get up before dawn to begin work to be successful. Many famous writers started work at noon and work into the wee hours of the morning.
The point the Asian saying is making is that it is nurture not nature.
Is your passion about architecture, analysis, coding, or testing? If so, how many hours have you accumulated perfecting the talent? Do any of your hours spent include personal development (ie: engaging the business community)? Are you at 10,000 hours yet? If not, you're probably not the best.
If you do have the passion to want to be the best, how are you practicing? Are you practicing to learn more...focusing on your weak areas? Do you specifically look for opportunities to practice and improve each weakness?
Achievement is talent plus preparation. The 10,000 hours is preparation...focused preparation. The key differentiation between one that succeeds and one that doesn't is how hard he or she works and searches for opportunities to practice.
To be successful at something, build on your 10,000 hours.
job, jobs, career
How many activities are on that list? If more than one, prioritize them.
How many hours have you spent doing the items on your list over the last week? How about the last month? How about the last year? Does the item at the top have the most hours you spend during the day assigned to them?
This isn't an article about time management. Everyone has the same twenty-four hours to do what they want. How you manage the time is up to you.
As Jeffrey Gitomer always says, "You already know what to do, you're just not doing it!" Why aren't you doing it? That's something different than prioritization. I suspect that it is because you do not have a clear understanding of what it takes to succeed.
This is an article about success:
- Why are certain individuals successful?
- Is it all because of natural born talent?
- Is it because of the way they were nurtured from early childhood?
How did they become successful?
- Was it because they were born with a natural talent?
- Was it because they were in the right place at the right time?
- Was it because they were nurtured from childhood to perform daily activities repeatedly?
It isn't just spending the 10,000 hours...it is HOW one spends the 10,000 hours. Those that become the best spend their 10,000 hours practicing purposefully and single-mindedly with the intent of getting better. These are the individuals that become successful. Those that achieve the 10,000 hours first...become the leader. It is a consistent and focused practice for an accumulation of 10,000 hours to get to be the best.
Here is where time management meets passion. The Best find opportunities to practice. If you are passionate about any of the items on your list, you will find the time to study, practice and learn by making mistakes. Oh yes, The Best is willing to fail in order to learn. They have the confidence and perspective that one learns from failures and never avoids something for fear of failure.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, stated in an interview with Charlie Rose that you don't find passion. Passion finds you. This is true. Tiger Woods was handed a golf club at age four. The Beatles agreed to work for minimum payment in Hamburg Germany (seven days a week that included 12 hours of playing (aka practicing)).
In many cases, someone instigates or introduces you to something that you become passionate about. Then someone has to give you the opportunity to learn how to be an expert. Once your passion is established, the best find opportunities to practice.
Our kids may not have a passion because the thing to be passionate about hasn't been invented or introduced to them yet. So, how do you start developing the 10,000 hours? By developing the work ethics that will help you develop the 10,000 hours when passion finds you.
Think about Jeff Bezos. The idea of an online book store didn't exist. In fact, when he was growing up, the Internet didn't exist. His family heritage (according to Wikipedia) did include risk- taking...The ability to "try something new" without the fear of failure. That was passed on (nurtured) to/in him. When he saw an opportunity in the new Internet Retailing, he already was trained to be a risk-taker. Starting Amazon.com was an opportunity that took advantage of his risk-taking training.
This idea of being prepared for opportunities is not new:
- "Those that don't find the circumstances they need, make them." (George Bernard Shaw)
- "Success is where preparedness meets opportunity." (Randy Pausch)
- "Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities." (Malcolm Gladwell).
- Do you look for opportunities to practice?
- Do you practice with the intent of getting better...focusing on your weaknesses?
- How can you adjust your day to concentrate on building your hours?
If you are not of Asian decent, that doesn't mean you can not adjust. You can put down the remote or stop watching entertainment videos and practice. Will watching "Dancing with the Stars" really help you to be successful?
This statement doesn't mean you must get up before dawn to begin work to be successful. Many famous writers started work at noon and work into the wee hours of the morning.
The point the Asian saying is making is that it is nurture not nature.
- You can nurture yourself to work really hard on your passion.
- You can be nurtured to focus 10,000 hours to improve yourself.
- You can nurture yourself to be prepared when opportunity strikes.
Is your passion about architecture, analysis, coding, or testing? If so, how many hours have you accumulated perfecting the talent? Do any of your hours spent include personal development (ie: engaging the business community)? Are you at 10,000 hours yet? If not, you're probably not the best.
If you do have the passion to want to be the best, how are you practicing? Are you practicing to learn more...focusing on your weak areas? Do you specifically look for opportunities to practice and improve each weakness?
Achievement is talent plus preparation. The 10,000 hours is preparation...focused preparation. The key differentiation between one that succeeds and one that doesn't is how hard he or she works and searches for opportunities to practice.
To be successful at something, build on your 10,000 hours.
job, jobs, career
If you were given 10,000 hours to do whatever you wanted...what would you spend the hours doing? Your choice...not obligatory. (Oh, and don't put making money on the list...the only people that make money work for the Mint!)
How many activities are on that list? If more than one, prioritize them.
How many hours have you spent doing the items on your list over the last week? How about the last month? How about the last year? Does the item at the top have the most hours you spend during the day assigned to them?
This isn't an article about time management. Everyone has the same twenty-four hours to do what they want. How you manage the time is up to you.
As Jeffrey Gitomer always says, "You already know what to do, you're just not doing it!" Why aren't you doing it? That's something different than prioritization. I suspect that it is because you do not have a clear understanding of what it takes to succeed.
This is an article about success:
How did they become successful?
It isn't just spending the 10,000 hours...it is HOW one spends the 10,000 hours. Those that become the best spend their 10,000 hours practicing purposefully and single-mindedly with the intent of getting better. These are the individuals that become successful. Those that achieve the 10,000 hours first...become the leader. It is a consistent and focused practice for an accumulation of 10,000 hours to get to be the best.
Here is where time management meets passion. The Best find opportunities to practice. If you are passionate about any of the items on your list, you will find the time to study, practice and learn by making mistakes. Oh yes, The Best is willing to fail in order to learn. They have the confidence and perspective that one learns from failures and never avoids something for fear of failure.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, stated in an interview with Charlie Rose that you don't find passion. Passion finds you. This is true. Tiger Woods was handed a golf club at age four. The Beatles agreed to work for minimum payment in Hamburg Germany (seven days a week that included 12 hours of playing (aka practicing)).
In many cases, someone instigates or introduces you to something that you become passionate about. Then someone has to give you the opportunity to learn how to be an expert. Once your passion is established, the best find opportunities to practice.
Our kids may not have a passion because the thing to be passionate about hasn't been invented or introduced to them yet. So, how do you start developing the 10,000 hours? By developing the work ethics that will help you develop the 10,000 hours when passion finds you.
Think about Jeff Bezos. The idea of an online book store didn't exist. In fact, when he was growing up, the Internet didn't exist. His family heritage (according to Wikipedia) did include risk- taking...The ability to "try something new" without the fear of failure. That was passed on (nurtured) to/in him. When he saw an opportunity in the new Internet Retailing, he already was trained to be a risk-taker. Starting Amazon.com was an opportunity that took advantage of his risk-taking training.
This idea of being prepared for opportunities is not new:
If you are not of Asian decent, that doesn't mean you can not adjust. You can put down the remote or stop watching entertainment videos and practice. Will watching "Dancing with the Stars" really help you to be successful?
This statement doesn't mean you must get up before dawn to begin work to be successful. Many famous writers started work at noon and work into the wee hours of the morning.
The point the Asian saying is making is that it is nurture not nature.
Is your passion about architecture, analysis, coding, or testing? If so, how many hours have you accumulated perfecting the talent? Do any of your hours spent include personal development (ie: engaging the business community)? Are you at 10,000 hours yet? If not, you're probably not the best.
If you do have the passion to want to be the best, how are you practicing? Are you practicing to learn more...focusing on your weak areas? Do you specifically look for opportunities to practice and improve each weakness?
Achievement is talent plus preparation. The 10,000 hours is preparation...focused preparation. The key differentiation between one that succeeds and one that doesn't is how hard he or she works and searches for opportunities to practice.
To be successful at something, build on your 10,000 hours.
How many activities are on that list? If more than one, prioritize them.
How many hours have you spent doing the items on your list over the last week? How about the last month? How about the last year? Does the item at the top have the most hours you spend during the day assigned to them?
This isn't an article about time management. Everyone has the same twenty-four hours to do what they want. How you manage the time is up to you.
As Jeffrey Gitomer always says, "You already know what to do, you're just not doing it!" Why aren't you doing it? That's something different than prioritization. I suspect that it is because you do not have a clear understanding of what it takes to succeed.
This is an article about success:
- Why are certain individuals successful?
- Is it all because of natural born talent?
- Is it because of the way they were nurtured from early childhood?
How did they become successful?
- Was it because they were born with a natural talent?
- Was it because they were in the right place at the right time?
- Was it because they were nurtured from childhood to perform daily activities repeatedly?
It isn't just spending the 10,000 hours...it is HOW one spends the 10,000 hours. Those that become the best spend their 10,000 hours practicing purposefully and single-mindedly with the intent of getting better. These are the individuals that become successful. Those that achieve the 10,000 hours first...become the leader. It is a consistent and focused practice for an accumulation of 10,000 hours to get to be the best.
Here is where time management meets passion. The Best find opportunities to practice. If you are passionate about any of the items on your list, you will find the time to study, practice and learn by making mistakes. Oh yes, The Best is willing to fail in order to learn. They have the confidence and perspective that one learns from failures and never avoids something for fear of failure.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, stated in an interview with Charlie Rose that you don't find passion. Passion finds you. This is true. Tiger Woods was handed a golf club at age four. The Beatles agreed to work for minimum payment in Hamburg Germany (seven days a week that included 12 hours of playing (aka practicing)).
In many cases, someone instigates or introduces you to something that you become passionate about. Then someone has to give you the opportunity to learn how to be an expert. Once your passion is established, the best find opportunities to practice.
Our kids may not have a passion because the thing to be passionate about hasn't been invented or introduced to them yet. So, how do you start developing the 10,000 hours? By developing the work ethics that will help you develop the 10,000 hours when passion finds you.
Think about Jeff Bezos. The idea of an online book store didn't exist. In fact, when he was growing up, the Internet didn't exist. His family heritage (according to Wikipedia) did include risk- taking...The ability to "try something new" without the fear of failure. That was passed on (nurtured) to/in him. When he saw an opportunity in the new Internet Retailing, he already was trained to be a risk-taker. Starting Amazon.com was an opportunity that took advantage of his risk-taking training.
This idea of being prepared for opportunities is not new:
- "Those that don't find the circumstances they need, make them." (George Bernard Shaw)
- "Success is where preparedness meets opportunity." (Randy Pausch)
- "Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities." (Malcolm Gladwell).
- Do you look for opportunities to practice?
- Do you practice with the intent of getting better...focusing on your weaknesses?
- How can you adjust your day to concentrate on building your hours?
If you are not of Asian decent, that doesn't mean you can not adjust. You can put down the remote or stop watching entertainment videos and practice. Will watching "Dancing with the Stars" really help you to be successful?
This statement doesn't mean you must get up before dawn to begin work to be successful. Many famous writers started work at noon and work into the wee hours of the morning.
The point the Asian saying is making is that it is nurture not nature.
- You can nurture yourself to work really hard on your passion.
- You can be nurtured to focus 10,000 hours to improve yourself.
- You can nurture yourself to be prepared when opportunity strikes.
Is your passion about architecture, analysis, coding, or testing? If so, how many hours have you accumulated perfecting the talent? Do any of your hours spent include personal development (ie: engaging the business community)? Are you at 10,000 hours yet? If not, you're probably not the best.
If you do have the passion to want to be the best, how are you practicing? Are you practicing to learn more...focusing on your weak areas? Do you specifically look for opportunities to practice and improve each weakness?
Achievement is talent plus preparation. The 10,000 hours is preparation...focused preparation. The key differentiation between one that succeeds and one that doesn't is how hard he or she works and searches for opportunities to practice.
To be successful at something, build on your 10,000 hours.
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