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…
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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: Milton Hershey
Bankrupt twice by 26, Milton Hershey turned a five-cent chocolate bar into a town and a school for…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Rachel Carson
A dying marine biologist took on the chemical industry and won. Rachel Carson's life, read as a 10,000…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini wasn't born a legend; he built one. The 10,000 Hours of Play 6-Step breakdown of the…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Rafael Nadal
How Rafael Nadal built 22 Grand Slams through relentless fight, live problem-solving, and an outlier tolerance for pain.
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Jane Austen
Rejected unread at 21, Jane Austen published all six novels in her last six years. Her life read…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Buckminster Fuller
Bankrupt and grieving at a Chicago lakeside in 1927, Buckminster Fuller turned his own life into a 56-year…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Steve Wozniak
How Apple's Steve Wozniak built a legendary engineering run by mastering one skill: subtraction. The 10,000 Hours of…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach run through the 6 Steps of 10,000 Hours of Play: the relentless, faith-driven craft build…