Is hard work the new sure-fire formula for success?
It seems that by being interested in this whole ten thousand hours thing, I've inadvertently hit top current culture at its vortex. Oh, and I was wrong. The book is actually called Outliers . (you can read my previous post here) http://tabithapaints.blogspot.ca/2013/10/why-artistic-failure-is-landmark-of.html Carrying the book with me, I poked into a store before heading home. "Oh, Outliers ! Isn't it good?" The hipster sales clerk leaned over his glass desk. "Uh, hem?" Like an idiot, I hadn't even read the cover. I had no idea of the title of the book I was carrying. "Your book!" Luckily his enthusiasm carried him past my obviously uncomprehending fish eye. "Isn't it great?" "Oh. Right-- well..." and I launched into an explanation about how I've been pondering art, and ten thousand hours and everything. "I know. It's so true!" he gushed. "It totally turns the conventional "su
