Comparing our life to “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell

Talking about “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell I can say that, looking at some points in this book is comparable with what I’ve heard from some friends of mine. For example the 10,000-hour rule that says that it takes plus/minus 10,000 hours of practice, of exercise to be really good in something. Whether it is sports, programming computers, playing music or others. This friend of mine, let’s call him Michael, he is a remarkable piano player and painter in Hamburg, Germany. He is playing in big concert halls, his paintings are exhibited in the big galleries. One day he told me about his point of view about how long, in average, it takes to get successful as an artist. Yes, he too, he confessed this thesis. He really had the gift to play piano much better than others, he started in an early age to practice. Still, the first six, seven years were just hard work. Of course, as a child and later as a teenager Michael had other things in his mind, friends, girlfriends, parties etc. But- as Gladwell says in his book, after about 10,000 hours he began to be successful with what he practiced all the past years.