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\nThere is a Myth... It's the myth of 10,000 hours. But how can you get the best value from experience? I'll tell you. In his book, 'Outliers' ( Malcolm Gladwell discusses how 10,000 hours of practice is what it takes to craft mastery. He...\nThere is a Myth... It's the myth of 10,000 hours. But how can you get the best value from experience? I'll tell you.

In his book, 'Outliers' ( Malcolm Gladwell discusses how 10,000 hours of practice is what it takes to craft mastery. He cites examples like Bill Gates and the Beatles.

The source of his argument is some solid research, by the psychologist, Anders Ericsson, and his co-workers. The problem is that there is a mismatch between Ericsson's findings and Gladwell's assertions. And Ericsson has called Gladwell out on this.

But I’m not here to take sides...
Instead, I want to focus on what it is that researchers can readily agree on. More experience and more practice are good. But the quality and nature of your practice and experience matter too.

Consider... a project manager does ten similar projects in the same context, with a similar team, at a rate of one a year. Do they have ten years of experience? Yes.

But how valuable is that ten years?
Consider another project manager. This one does a very different type of project each year for ten years. They work in different cultures, with different people. And on a variety of deadline-driven and open-ended projects. They work on soft change and hard deliverables, in technology, operations, and human resources. Their sponsors come from a variety of sectors. Those ten years offer so much new experience.

Deliberate Practice
Ericsson emphasizes the value of 'deliberate practice'. Taking on new challenges that always stretch your capabilities. Choosing tests of your capabilities that teach you new things. And consciously reflecting on what you are learning.

Are you getting the greatest possible value from your experience?
Have you taken risks to get a variety of experiences? Or are you just playing it safe and doing very much the same project, again and again?
There’s nothing wrong with that; it’s your choice.\n
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