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To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (only the legendary bobby fisher got to that elite level in less than that amount of time: it took him nine years.) and what's ten years? well, it's roughly how long it takes to put in ten thousand hours of hard practice. ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness.

-Malcolm Gladwell

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To Become A Chess Grandmaster Also Seems

Malcolm Gladwell

To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (only the legendary bobby fisher got to that elite level in less than that amount of time: it took him nine years.) and what's ten years? well, it's roughly how long it takes to put in ten thousand hours of hard practice. ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness.

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