the 10_000 hour rule.

main contents

• the matthew effect
  • people born early in Jan or Feb are stronger than their yonger peers, which makes them more easily be selected as football players
• the 10_000 hour rule
  • through practices, your skills will become sharp
• the troubles with geniuses
  • the man Christopher Langan with such high IQ, but the worst living condition and environment, which causes him to live a normal life. If any better condition was given, we might expect another Enstein.
• the three lessons of Joe Flom
  • the importance of being jewish
  • Demographic luck
  • The garment industry and meaningful work
• the ethnic theory of plane crashes
  • the conflict between people with different culture background

quotes

• practical intelligence includes things like “knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for maximum effect”.
• Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.