So since I have been on a bit of a hiatus from writing on here I feel as tho I owe myself some updating. The main reason I haven’t written on here is that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I got a job offer to move to NYC and a week later I packed up my stuff and left Little Rock. I am currently looking for a place to live and couch surfing the in the process but very excited about the possibilities. I did make some good friends while I was down there and I will miss some of the people I met in AR but I can’t honestly say I was sad to leave the state. I don’t think a Northerner like myself has much of a place down there.
On another note I read Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers over the Thanksgiving break.
Start to finish in 5 days which for me is ridiculous, especially since almost all of the reading was done on my 2 travel days. When I finished blink I wrote a whole synopsis now I don’t have the time but just to give you an idea the book talks about how people who are wildly successful (ie. Bill Gates) weren’t just the best at their craft they were born at the right time and had ample opportunity to practice their craft. That is not to say they lucked into anything they had just that they were put in a situation that allowed them to be great and they put in the effort before the opportunity arose and were ready to execute when that time came. The thing from the book that will stay with me the longest though is Gladwell’s analysis of how long it takes to master something, How much practice time does it take for Bill Gates to be able to build Microsoft or a Canadian hockey player to make it to the NHL, or how many hours did the Beatles need to have played before they could have not only come over to the US and be successful but be all time greats.
10,000 Hours
I don’t know about you but I have never done anything in my life for that long, but it is definitely a goal worth shooting for
More to come once I get settled here, and hopefully find a place to live
On another note I read Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers over the Thanksgiving break.
Start to finish in 5 days which for me is ridiculous, especially since almost all of the reading was done on my 2 travel days. When I finished blink I wrote a whole synopsis now I don’t have the time but just to give you an idea the book talks about how people who are wildly successful (ie. Bill Gates) weren’t just the best at their craft they were born at the right time and had ample opportunity to practice their craft. That is not to say they lucked into anything they had just that they were put in a situation that allowed them to be great and they put in the effort before the opportunity arose and were ready to execute when that time came. The thing from the book that will stay with me the longest though is Gladwell’s analysis of how long it takes to master something, How much practice time does it take for Bill Gates to be able to build Microsoft or a Canadian hockey player to make it to the NHL, or how many hours did the Beatles need to have played before they could have not only come over to the US and be successful but be all time greats.10,000 Hours
I don’t know about you but I have never done anything in my life for that long, but it is definitely a goal worth shooting for
More to come once I get settled here, and hopefully find a place to live
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