In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell used Anders Ericsson’s research (with Ralf Krampe and Clemens Tesch-Römer) as the basis for the “ten thousand hour rule”. By this rule, it takes some ten thousand hours of practice to master a practice/field. With Peak, Ericsson vigorously defends his work against this mischaracterization. Ericsson carefully dismantles the notion that time or talent are all it takes to make it to the top of the game, be the game chess, memory competitions, running, writing, tennis, or pretty much any endeavor.   Ericsson […]