Practice: “Pool is a game in which there is a nearly perfect correlation between how much you have played during your life and how good you are. I sometimes joke that instead of playing actual games I could just compare my number of hours of lifetime practice to my opponent’s and declare a winner. Research shows this is essentially true for all sorts of skills.”
(Via Dilbert.com Blog.)
This is exactly what Outliers, the new book by Malcom Gladwell is all about. A little bit of luck, right opportunities, lot of hours of practice, your cultural legacy, your family legacy is what contributes to a success; and Gladwell makes the point with lot of examples. Like the one who tend to ignore or isn’t visible superficially.