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Skill Development: How many hours should you dedicate – 10,000 or 20?

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In a prior post from our COO Emily Foote, she referenced the 10,000 hour rule, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, arguing that it may no longer take 10,000 to necessarily master a skill. Instead of all of the repetition, skill mastery could come from as little as 20 hours of focused practice. 10,000 to 20 hours makes a pretty substantial difference for anyone trying to gain mastery of a new skill. Read on in this excellent guest post from Emily on HR.com about how many hours you should really dedicate to practicing skills.

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Drew Stinger

Drew Stinger

Drew has been immersed in the learning technology space for over six years and has loved every minute of it. From working in global ad agencies (McCann Erickson), and professional sports organizations (go Jazz!), and now in learning technology, Drew has gained valuable insights in the world of managing teams, clients, and peers. Drew loves enabling individuals and teams to have more open, effective conversations centered around connection, alignment and growth and has seen the impact it can have on employee satisfaction and productivity. Skiing, biking, netflix-ing (that’s a word right?), and being a remote working dad, are just a few of his passions!

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