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…
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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: 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: Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk ended polio, then gave the vaccine away. His life run through the 10,000 Hours of Play…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Frank Lloyd Wright
How architect Frank Lloyd Wright built a 70-year career on vision, nerve, and relentless comebacks, read through the…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Mark Twain
Mark Twain ran his life like an RPG: pilot, author, bankrupt, then a world-touring comeback. His OP Hero…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur ran his life like a 50-year game against the invisible world of microbes. Here's his OP…