There are many roads to greatness, but logging 10,000 hours of practice to help you perfect a skill may not be sufficient. Based on research suggesting that practice is the essence of genius, ...

What does it take to become the best at something? The answer may not lie in early childhood practice or in lifelong, laser-focused dedication. Instead the path to becoming exceptional at a skill ...

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 ...

Academic fight! Malcolm Gladwell's popular "10,000-hours rule" was debunked in a Sports Illustrated writer's new book, so Gladwell defended his piece by accusing the author of creating a "straw man." ...