Mark Evans argues the 10,000-hour rule doesn't work without constant course correction. A coal miner can log thousands of hours and stay poor and sick. A roofer quit after 4,000 hours to build a business instead. Hours only count if you're steering toward something worth doing.
A coal miner could be the best coal miner in the world that has 26,000 hours of their life in a cool mine. They're gonna end up black, lung, wore out, beat up and not much money in the bank. See, the caveat to the 10,000 hours is constant improvement of 10,000 hours towards something big. Golf is very clear. I can start here and I could potentially become pro. If I'm trying to be the best 10,000 hours in the coal mine, I'm in trouble. Trying to be the best 10,000 hours as a roofer, I'm in trouble. If eventually there has to be a course Correction on these 10,000 hours on a constant basis, I start here. Today I learned how to do roofing 4,000 hours deep. I learned that I don't like roofing. It hurts my back and it's hot and it sucks. So I want to build a business around it and I start editing, editing, editing until I get the business.
