10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Alexander Fleming
How Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered penicillin, turned world-class observation and honest self-knowledge into the first antibiotic…
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10000 Hours of Play
Articles on 10000 Hours of Play — from Yu-kai Chou, creator of the Octalysis Framework.
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Arthur Ashe
How Arthur Ashe turned a segregated childhood and a legendary 1975 Wimbledon upset into three Grand Slam titles…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Fyodor Dostoevsky
A mock execution, Siberian prison, and the novels that came after: Fyodor Dostoevsky's life run through the 10K…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Junko Tabei
First woman on Everest, first woman to finish the Seven Summits: Junko Tabei's life read as a 10,000…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna's edge wasn't bravado, it was feel. Three F1 titles came from chasing one thing: the limit…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Mary Kay Ash
How Mary Kay Ash built a billion-dollar empire on recognition, decoded through the 10,000 Hours of Play 6-Step…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin's life decoded through the 10,000 Hours of Play 6-Step framework: the Game, Attributes, Skills, and comeback…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: J.R.R. Tolkien
He survived the Somme, then spent fifty-seven years building a world. How J.R.R. Tolkien played life as a…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Milton Hershey
Bankrupt twice by 26, Milton Hershey turned a five-cent chocolate bar into a town and a school for…