10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Roald Amundsen
A boy who slept with his window open to harden for the cold grew up to beat Scott…
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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: Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison published her first novel at 39, around a full-time job and solo parenting, then became the…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Louis Armstrong
A juvenile arrest put a cornet in Louis Armstrong's hands. How a poor New Orleans kid became the…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Srinivasa Ramanujan
How Srinivasa Ramanujan went from failing college twice to the Royal Society, decoded through the 10,000 Hours of…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary climbed Everest, then spent fifty-five years turning that fame into schools and clinics for Nepal's Sherpa…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Julia Child
She couldn't cook at 36. By 50 she was America's most famous teacher. Julia Child's full character build,…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Akio Morita
He turned down 100,000 units to keep the Sony name. Akio Morita's full character sheet: the Attributes, Skills,…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King won 39 Grand Slams, then used every trophy as leverage to win equal pay and…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Bob Marley
Bob Marley played through an assassination attempt and united a divided nation with a song — his life…