The “10,000-Hour” Myth: Why Deliberate Practice Isn’t Enough to Succeed
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8 min readOct 22, 2018
At only four years old, Yeou-Cheng Ma exhibited a clear talent for the violin.
Under the tutelage of her father, a Ph.D. student at the Paris Conservatory of Music, Yeou-Cheng began to play the instrument at two-and-a-half years old. Only a year later, she entered in her first competition against students ranging from fourteen to nineteen…
