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In pursuit of excellence
In the early 1990s, the psychologist K Anders Ericsson and two colleagues conducted some research into the relationship between talent and hard work at Berlin's elite Academy of Music. The curious thing (1) _______, they couldn't find any musicians who could excel without any effort, or who could get to the top (2) _______ practicing as much as all their peers. Also, they were unable to find any people who worked harder than everyone else and yet just didn't have exactly what it takes to break into the top ranks. So their research would certainly seem to indicate that once someone makes (3) _______ into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from (4) _______ is how hard he or she works. That's it. What's more, with the musicians right at the very top, it's just not a case of their (5) _______ worked harder, they have worked much, much harder.
This idea of excellence requiring a minimum level of practice, arises time (6) _______ time in studies of expertise in various fields. In fact, researchers have come (7) _______ an agreement on what they believe to be the number of hours of practice required for true expertise: 10,000. In their research, they have yet to come across (8) _______ who has accomplished world-class expertise in less time. It seems that people need (9) _______ amount of time in order for them to take in everything they need to know to achieve genuine mastery. This is true (10) _______ with individuals we think of as geniuses.
In pursuit of excellence
In the early 1990s, the psychologist K Anders Ericsson and two colleagues conducted some research into the relationship between talent and hard work at Berlin's elite Academy of Music. The curious thing (1) _______, they couldn't find any musicians who could excel without any effort, or who could get to the top (2) _______ practicing as much as all their peers. Also, they were unable to find any people who worked harder than everyone else and yet just didn't have exactly what it takes to break into the top ranks. So their research would certainly seem to indicate that once someone makes (3) _______ into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from (4) _______ is how hard he or she works. That's it. What's more, with the musicians right at the very top, it's just not a case of their (5) _______ worked harder, they have worked much, much harder.
This idea of excellence requiring a minimum level of practice, arises time (6) _______ time in studies of expertise in various fields. In fact, researchers have come (7) _______ an agreement on what they believe to be the number of hours of practice required for true expertise: 10,000. In their research, they have yet to come across (8) _______ who has accomplished world-class expertise in less time. It seems that people need (9) _______ amount of time in order for them to take in everything they need to know to achieve genuine mastery. This is true (10) _______ with individuals we think of as geniuses.