In his 2008 book Outliers, journalist Malcolm Gladwell popularized what has become known as the 10,000 hour rule. The rule—based on a 1993 study of young violinists and pianists—says that to reach ...

It's such an appealing concept, the idea that with about 10,000 hours of practice, you can become an expert in anything. That idea was made famous after the 2008 publication of the book "Outliers" by ...

Will 10,000 hours of practice make you an expert at anything? That's the uplifting message of a slew of recent books, but, sadly, it's not quite true. For one thing, how long it takes to get good at ...

In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell made an interesting observation: that people who rose above the rest and achieved incredible success in their respective endeavors all have one thing in common: ...