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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Articles on Loremaster — from Yu-kai Chou, creator of the Octalysis Framework.
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: 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: Charles Dickens
How Charles Dickens turned the worst chapter of his childhood into the most famous pen in England, read…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: David Attenborough
At 100, David Attenborough has spent seventy years making the world love the living planet. His life, run…
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: Akio Morita
He turned down 100,000 units to keep the Sony name. Akio Morita's full character sheet: the Attributes, Skills,…