Comments on: Here’s another reason to just shut up and do it. http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/02/01/heres-another-reason-to-just-shut-up-and-do-it/ For students of Baguazhang and Xingyiquan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:23:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: jleeger http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/02/01/heres-another-reason-to-just-shut-up-and-do-it/#comment-299 jleeger Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:07:51 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/02/01/heres-another-reason-to-just-shut-up-and-do-it/#comment-299 This is a great article, and great advice. Everyone should read or listen to Malcolm Gladwell's most recent book "Outliers." It's awesome. Check out my blog post on it: But also, with regard to Bagua, Gladwell talks about Anders Ericsson's research which shows that you can only be an "expert" at something after 10,000 hours of practice at it. That's deliberate, hard practice. Not simply "going through the motions." Break it down. 10,000 hours = 8 hours per day, 7 days a week for 3.42 years. If you're just going to class every night (about six hours of practice a week), you'll hit 10,000 hours in about 28 years or so... If you want to get really good, you have to devote yourself to it. You have to do it all the time. That's all. It's that easy. This is a great article, and great advice. Everyone should read or listen to Malcolm Gladwell’s most recent book “Outliers.” It’s awesome. Check out my blog post on it:

But also, with regard to Bagua, Gladwell talks about Anders Ericsson’s research which shows that you can only be an “expert” at something after 10,000 hours of practice at it. That’s deliberate, hard practice. Not simply “going through the motions.”

Break it down. 10,000 hours = 8 hours per day, 7 days a week for 3.42 years. If you’re just going to class every night (about six hours of practice a week), you’ll hit 10,000 hours in about 28 years or so…

If you want to get really good, you have to devote yourself to it. You have to do it all the time. That’s all. It’s that easy.

]]> By: JessOBrien http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/02/01/heres-another-reason-to-just-shut-up-and-do-it/#comment-298 JessOBrien Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:28:33 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2009/02/01/heres-another-reason-to-just-shut-up-and-do-it/#comment-298 Interesting article. I used to be the jackass who had advice for everyone when I was in class, telling them all such helpful things. At one point I saw some dumbass older guy criticizing a girl in Aikido simply to satisfy his ego. I realized that I was becoming that person and since then I just shut the hell up. I don't mind it if beginners do things wrong anymore, you just need to do it and over time you'll improve. Don't think too much is good advice. -Jess O out west Interesting article. I used to be the jackass who had advice for everyone when I was in class, telling them all such helpful things.

At one point I saw some dumbass older guy criticizing a girl in Aikido simply to satisfy his ego. I realized that I was becoming that person and since then I just shut the hell up.

I don’t mind it if beginners do things wrong anymore, you just need to do it and over time you’ll improve. Don’t think too much is good advice.

-Jess O
out west

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