Diligence is the secret of success

Diligence is the secret of success

In the 1990s, psychologist Eriksson and his two colleagues did an experiment at the top music school in Berlin.

With the help of the teacher, they divided the students who studied violin in the conservatory into three groups.

The first group is a star among students, with the potential to become a world-class violinist;

The second group of students is only considered by everyone to be better;

The performance level of the third group of students is considered to be impossible to achieve professional standards, and their future goal is to become the music teacher of the school.

Next, all the students were asked the same question. How many hours did you practice in total from picking up the violin?

All the students began to look back on the past, almost all from the age of five. In the first few years, everyone’s practice time was similar, 2-3 hours a week. By the age of 8 years, the practice time of those star students began to be redundant with other students: 6 hours a week at 9 years old, 8 hours a week at 12 years old, and 16 hours a week at 14 years old.

The result: At the age of 20, the first group of students practiced for almost 10,000 hours. The second group of students practiced about 8,000 hours, and the future music teachers, their practice time is only 4,000 hours.

Later, Eriksson made a comparison between amateur performers and professional performers. The result was the same: by the age of 20, the amateur player's practice time was about 2000 hours, while the professional performer's practice time was about It is 10,000 hours.

Studies have shown that superiors do not have any "innate talent". If they practice only a small amount of time, they can't be the best, and there is no "no job". In fact, many psychologists have found that the more in-depth study of the growth experiences of geniuses, the more they find that the role of talent is getting smaller and smaller, and the role of the reserve is becoming more and more obvious.

The results of this and other studies also show that if a person's skills are to reach world standards, his practice time must exceed 10,000 hours - no industry is no exception. Whether you are a composer, a basketball player, a skater, a chess player, or a thief, the results of their practice time statistics have been counted 10,000 hours without exception.

In February 1964, John Lennon's Beatles swept the United States. Before their fame, from 1960 to 1962, they were invited to perform in Hamburg five times. The biggest feature of these shows is that the band has to perform forever. They made 1200 performances before 1964, when they made a major breakthrough. They didn't receive any professional training before going to Hamburg, and after returning from Hamburg, their level was not inferior to any professional performer, and Hamburg made them.

Why did Bill Gates become Bill Gates? When Bill Gates, who was in the second year of college, decided to drop out of school and started a software company, he had been programmed seven years without interruption. This time is far more than 10,000 hours. At that time, how many people did the same experience as Bill Gates? Bill Gates himself said, "If there are 50 in the world, it will surprise me." Bill Gates also said, "I have worked as a computer center company and employee payroll, then TRW - all things have met. I entered the field of computer software development when I was very young. I don’t think many people did this line at that time. All of this is very lucky and unbelievable!”

The biggest secret to success is hard work.