A few days ago, I saw a copywriter selling writing courses in a certain number. There was a point in it that to become an expert or top talent in a certain field, it was enough to practice 10000 hours.

Does this theory sound particularly "unclear"? In fact, it comes from the "10,000-hour theory" put forward by the writer Gladwell in Alien.

He said: "The genius in people's eyes is extraordinary, not because of superior talent, but because of continuous efforts. Ten thousand hours of tempering is a necessary condition for anyone to become extraordinary from ordinary. "

Then the question comes, from ordinary to extraordinary, from white to expert, is it really enough to practice 10000 hours?

Today, Sister Koharu will talk to you about this topic.

1. You don't have ten years of work experience, but one experience took 10 years.

A friend I met at work recently is going to jump ship.

She sent me a wechat, complaining that she is too tired and overworked at present. She has been working for 7 years and is still the most common salesman. Although I worked hard, I kept spinning in the same place.

She concluded by herself that after working for so many years, there seems to be nothing but work experience.

Work experience should be the biggest advantage in the workplace, but it seems to be of little use to her.

This reminds me of a classic joke in the workplace:

A man ran to his boss and asked, I have ten years of work experience. Why don't you give me a raise?

The boss replied: Do you have ten years of work experience, or did you spend ten years on one year of work experience?

Actually, if you think about it, 10 years of work experience has exceeded 10000 hours, right?

According to the rule of 10000 hours, this person should have been promoted and raised a long time ago, not to mention becoming an expert, at least with a team?

But why is his salary still the same as ten years ago?

Although the boss's words are incisive, they also tell a truth: working hours are not equal to experience. The longer you do it, it doesn't mean you are making progress. You're just more skilled than before.

Does this mean that Gradwell's 10,000-hour theory is wrong? Not really. Only one of the most important premises is missing: deliberate practice.

This deliberate practice method is the best learning method recognized by the mainstream so far.

Below, Sister Koharu talks about how to practice deliberately in order to truly realize the transformation from white to great god in any field ~

1) Get out of the comfort zone

2) Immediate feedback

2. It is most efficient to study outside the comfort zone.

According to some studies, when people study, there are three areas in the brain: comfort zone, panic zone and learning zone.

Explain to you:

"comfort zone" refers to knowledge that is not difficult for us, or what we have learned. For example, reading entertainment magazines is effortless for us. This is our comfort zone.

"Learning field" is the knowledge that challenges you but you can master through hard work. For example, reading a book whose views and contents have never been touched at all, after thinking, we can understand and master this book, which is our learning field.

The panic zone is too much beyond one's ability, and he will feel seriously uncomfortable when studying, and may collapse and give up studying. For example, reading obscure documents.

Knowing these concepts, let's go back to the above example:

The man who has worked for ten years looks really experienced, but in fact, he has been simply repeating what he has learned for a long time. He is in the comfort zone, naturally he has not grown up, and he can understand without a raise.

Give another example of Franklin playing chess. Everyone is familiar with Franklin. He has a hobby, that is playing chess.

He spent thousands of hours, if not tens of thousands, playing chess, but to his great annoyance, he never became a first-class player.

Why can't a person who is so good at writing and inventing become a first-class chess player?

There is a simple reason. Franklin only regarded playing chess as a leisure activity. A friend came and played the next game. Instead of finding a coach to record the changes of each game and study the game.

Therefore, he only mechanically accumulated the number of times of playing chess, but did not break through his comfort zone and improve his chess playing ability.

Just like some people play cards and mahjong all day long, it is the same reason that they are hard to become gamblers.

From these two examples, we can easily see that there will be no progress in the activities of the comfort zone. That's too comfortable. Can I just jump into the panic zone and keep putting pressure on myself?

Sister Koharu thinks it's best not to, because not everyone has good pressure resistance. If you keep moving in the panic zone, many people are more likely to give up because they are too anxious.

Therefore, to sum up, the real 10,000-hour rule should be to jump out of the comfort zone, avoid the panic zone and spend 10,000 hours in the study area.

After a period of deliberate practice, the study area will gradually become a comfortable area, and some panic areas will also become "study areas".

Only by doing it repeatedly can you become an expert or leader in a new field.

Don't think it's enough to get out of your comfort zone.

When it comes to getting out of your comfort zone, it means trying to do something you haven't done before. Sometimes, you may find it relatively easy to do something you haven't done before, and then you will continue to push yourself.

But sometimes forcing yourself to work hard will not only make you very tired, but the effect may not be satisfactory.

At this time, it is better to stop and look for problems. That's what Sister Koharu wants to tell you today, that is, immediate feedback.

When practicing this book deliberately, the author cited an example: a student studying music, I don't know why his music scores are always not up.

Later, it was found that no one gave him any feedback when he was practicing, that is to say, no one listened to him and pointed out his mistakes. The student didn't seem to know if his practice was wrong.

"How many times have you played the music correctly?"

"Well, I don't know ... once or twice ..."

This is the same reason that we need teachers when we are young and private teachers when we are healthy.

Generally speaking, no matter what you are trying to do, you need feedback to find out exactly what shortcomings you have and how they exist.

Without feedback, you can't figure out where you need to improve or how far you are from achieving your goal now.

Finally, Sister Koharu said something that you need to understand slowly:

In the workplace, if you want to grow, you should try not to spend too much time in your comfort zone, give yourself reasonable goals, and then keep practicing, giving feedback and improving.

Well, today's article is over. Sister Koharu also wants to say:

In fact, after reading this article, it is of little value. But the thinking after reading, the choice after thinking and the action after choosing are all valuable.

Starting today, it is better to choose one thing that you always want to challenge, break it down into acceptable difficulties, practice, feedback and improve. I believe that after a period of time, you will be very grateful for your actions today ~

About the author: Sister Koharu, a career planner concerned by 500,000 people, once worked for a listed company, the person in charge of a ten-million-level realization project of a knowledge payment platform, a new entrepreneur and a marginal marathon runner.

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