Bill Gates on Expertise: 10,000 Hours and a Lifetime of Fanaticism

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Bill Gates responds to Malcolm Gladwell's theory that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill. Apart from acknowledging luck, timing and an open mind, Gates suggests that a successful person survives many cycles of attrition to make it to 10,000 hours of experience. "You do have to be lucky enough, but also fanatical enough to keep going," explains Gates.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates leads a conversation with his father Bill Gates Senior, titled "A Conversation with My Father," in which the pair talk about parenting, philanthropy, commerce and citizenship.

Bill Gates Sr. was an attorney who co-founded his own firm and was on the board of Planned Parenthood. Since retiring from law in 1998, he has served as the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and as director for Costco Wholesale. He's also the author of Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime as well as Wealth and Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes.

Bill Gates III is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. In July 2008, Gates transitioned out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates continues to serve as Microsoft's chairman and an advisor on key development projects.

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[ivlfounder]

@lolex169

The fact that he isn't ordinary gives his views credibility.

[Valoric0]

@will76736

There will ALWAYS be proprietary paid software. Its stupid to think people would program entirely for free their entire life (that would be the case if all software became free). ALTHOUGH it can be free, but ONLY for the end-user. If that's what you think happening then its not really free, it'd just end up costing you in a different way.

ie. taxes, corporate giants (which get their money from you with other means), donative support. They're not magic fairy's that live off gratitude.

[PATACHENREN]

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[Ralph6485]

Aha, Bill Gates has just in a rather roundabout way avowed that the coarse of his life -as is that of all other humans - is inexorably subjected to determinism. For not only was he born at the 'right time', placed in an environment most conducive to his goal, blessed with comparably brilliant friends such as Paul Allen, and so forth. In short, life is deterministic. For this reason Taoism seems more and more profound each day

[AreaCode000]

If anyone's interested in really depth explanation of the 10,000 hour rule (briefly described in this video) you should definitely check out Malcolm Gladwell's book, "Outliers". It'll totally make you re-think your ideas about what defines "talent" and why people become successful. Gladwell kinda overplays the timing card though (via his attempts to find the "perfect time to be born for x career") but other than that little bit of astrology, it's an awesome book.

[vorjay]

@will76736 rofl. We've been hearing about open source taking over in 3 years for about 10 years.

[maciek1X]

This man is a legend!

[takatoekoe]

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