10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Stephen Hawking
Diagnosed at 21 and given two years to live, Stephen Hawking played on for 55 more. His legendary…
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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: Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee built his own legend on purpose. His life run through the 10,000 Hours of Play framework:…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Drew Houston
A forgotten USB drive on a bus became Dropbox. Drew Houston's life, decoded through the 10,000 Hours of…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Margaret Thatcher
From a Grantham grocer's shop to 10 Downing Street: Margaret Thatcher's improbable rise and fall, analyzed through the…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Patrick Collison
Patrick Collison turned a teenage programming project into Stripe and a new science of progress. His life decoded…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Gautama Buddha
The Buddha walked away from a palace, then from six years of extreme asceticism. His life decoded as…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt ran 9.58 seconds and made it look like a party. The 10,000 Hours of Play framework…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: George R. R. Martin
Hollywood kept cutting George R. R. Martin's scripts to fit the budget. So he built a world no…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Socrates
Plato's Apology, the Symposium, and the trial of 399 BCE — Socrates' life as a 10K HP build:…