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Why the 10,000-Hour Rule is wrong

You’ve probably heard it: in order to attain true success in a given field, you need to spend roughly 10,000 hours practicing in that given field. If you’ve googled it, like I have, you will know that the principle comes from Malcolm Gladwell’s book „Outliers: The Story of Success”. This article isn’t about that book as a whole. It’s about the Rule as a meme.

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Recomandări de cursuri gratis :D

În continuare sunt complet îndrăgostită de Coursera. Mi-au plăcut diverse cursuri de la facultate, am înțeles mai multe decât mi-au plăcut, dar acum mă distrez făcând tot felul de cursuri interesante, bine explicate și mișto.

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Who is a killer on messenger (hint: it's either me or Hannibal)

Friend 1: holy flying fucking shit on a pogo stick!
Friend 1: :-O
Friend 1: *watching hannibal*
Friend 1: it’s a totem
Friend 1: made of people
Friend 1:  *everything* is people in this show
Me: so it would sound
Friend 1: each episode, the psycho of the week finds new and interesting ways to use his victims
Friend 1: and then hannibal pulls a copycat murder so he can re-supply his fridge
Friend 1: last week, the killer stuck a cello neck into the victim’s mouth and out his throat so he could play his vocal cords like strings
Friend 1: and before that, there was the guy who cut wings out of his victims’ backs to turn them into angels
Friend 1: the first ep was another cannibal
Friend 1: i’m at the point where i keep wondering what they’ll come up with next
Friend 1: and wondering if they’re getting their ideas from tumblr

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De Ce Nu Scriu Comentarii Politice (sau: Zâmbetul lui Victor Ponta)

Nu am cine știe ce opinii politice puternice și stau prost și la capitolul de cunoștințe. Nu mă întrebați ce planuri de legi susțin cei de stânga și care planuri de legi sunt ale celor de dreapta, ce proiecte sunt în desfășurare la Ministerul Justiției sau care e afilierea politică a personajului care a venit cu ideea X. Nu mă întrebați nici cum se aleg europarlamentarii.

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