Why 10,000 hours?

You might have heard the phrase “You need to give 10,000 hours in a particular field to become a master in it” or might have listened to the song by Justin Bieber 10,000 hours.

In my opinion, you need to give 10,000 hours of focus to the particular field, in the age of information, we tend to be distracted while working. So just focus on focused 10,000 hours.

But why 10,000 hours in the first place?

This is because we take some time to learn and adapt, I mean you couldn't fully understand something in just 1- 2 days, you need to give time to it. Remember when we go to a new grade, we tend to take at least 1-2 months to adapt to it.

Here we are talking about mastery!

You need to complete 10,000 hours of focus, be it 3 hours per day for 3,333 days [9 years] or 10 hours per day for 1,000 days (approx. 3 years) Nowadays, we can't go back to the newspaper times, where we used to read 10-15 pages to know about the world.

Some of the tips you would need to complete 10,000 hours of focus in today's world.

1. Keep your phone away while studying.

If you are a little bit self-aware, you can easily understand our phone distracts us a lot.

2. Create a reading habit.

Be it a book, newspaper, articles you like, etc. When you read, it's not the most interesting thing to do, but it makes your brain focus on that line.

This makes you more aware of the present.

3. Don’t waste time, find the most efficient path.

It would be stupid to learn about the smart fridge from its manuals and start becoming efficient.

4. Be multi-disciplinary.

It means studying multiple fields related to each other to create a good understanding of the system as a whole. It will make you think divergently and help you create the habit of digging deeper.

5. Lastly, create your circumstances such that force you to be consistent.

I hope this article helped to understand the logic behind 10,000 hours!