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10,000 HOUR RULE

ACTIVE SPEAKING - PART C

But what about the world of business? The media likes to tell stories of genius business leaders who have changed the world through talent and hard work alone.

What kind of stories does the media like? The media likes stories of genius business leaders who have changed the world through talent and hard work alone.

Bill Gates is a computer programming genius who started one of the biggest companies in the world.

What kind of genius is Bill Gates? Bill Gates is a computer programming genius. What did he start? He started one of the biggest companies in the world.

He is the richest person in the world, and he has worked extremely hard his whole life.

Who is the richest person in the world? Bill Gates is the richest person in the world.

Gates is worth 79.2 billion dollars because he has provided a lot of value to the world, but is it through talent and hard work alone? Why is Gates worth 79.2 billion dollars? Gates is worth 79.2 billion dollars because he has provided a lot of value to the world.

To many, he is a self-made man. Bill Gates’ father was a successful lawyer, and his mother was a successful businesswoman, but Bill didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Who was Bill Gates’ father? Bill Gates father was a successful lawyer. Who was Bill Gates’ mother? Bill Gates’ mother was a successful businesswoman. Did Bill grow up with a silver spoon? No, he didn’t grow up with a silver spoon.

He lived a fairly normal middle-class life.

What kind of life did he live? He lived a fairly normal middle-class life.

However, he did have one incredible advantage: he went to a school that had a computer.

What was his incredible advantage? His incredible advantage was he went to a school that had a computer.

In 1968, his mother, along with some of the other mothers, held a yearly sale to raise money for the school.

Did they hold the yearly sale to raise money for the school? Yes, they held a yearly sale to raise money for the school.

That year, they decided to put $3,000 into buying the school a computer.

What did they decide to put money into? They decided to put money into buying the school a computer. How much did the computer cost? The computer cost $3,000.

In the 1960s, to have access to a computer as a junior high school student was an amazing advantage.

Was it normal to have access to a computer as a junior high school student in the 1960s? No, it was not normal to have access to a computer as a junior high school student in the 1960s.

And Bill Gates took full advantage of it.

Who took full advantage of it? Bill Gates took full advantage of it.

He quickly became obsessed with computer programming and practically lived in that computer room.

What did he become obsessed with? He became obsessed with computer programming.

This is not to say that Gates wasn’t extremely talented and hard working.

Was he talented? Yes, he was extremely talented.

There is no doubt that he put in the hours, and he definitely had a knack for understanding computers, but that talent and effort alone wasn’t enough.

Did he put in the hours? Yes, there is no doubt that he put in the hours. What did he have a knack for? He had a knack for understanding computers.

He needed access to computers that almost no one else his age had.

What did he need access to? He needed access to computers.

The school he went to gave him that rare opportunity to put in the practice hours to develop that talent.

Who gave him this rare opportunity? The school he went to gave him this rare opportunity.

Gladwell believes that talent and hard work are necessary requirements for success, but it’s not enough.

Does Gladwell believe that talent and hard work are enough? No, Gladwell doesn’t believe that hard work and talent are enough.

He says that on top of talent, people need to practice a skill for 10,000 hours or more to reach a high level of mastery.

How many hours do you need to practice to reach a high level of mastery? You need to practice for 10,000 hours to reach a high level of mastery.

He points to the work of psychologist K Anders Ericsson, who studied violinists from an elite music college in Germany.

Who did Ericsson study? Ericsson studied violinists from an elite music college in Germany.

Students at this school had studied the violin since the age of 5.

How long had these students studied violin? These students had studied violin since the age of 5.

The End.