10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was a physician for 11 years before she opened a single classroom, then designed a system…
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Phoenix Rebirth
Articles on Phoenix Rebirth — from Yu-kai Chou, creator of the Octalysis Framework.
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The original 10,000-hours prodigy. How Mozart turned 35 years into the most concentrated composer-run in history, by Yu-kai…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Anne Frank
Anne Frank locked onto her 'Game' at thirteen and never deviated. The 10K HP framework reads her diary…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali read through the 10,000 Hours of Play framework: a six-decade game of conscience under fame, five…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei played one stubborn game for fifty years: turn arguments into experiments, publish, take the backlash, continue…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh started painting at 27, died at 37, and produced 2,100 artworks in ten years. The…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Pelé
Pelé made his Game at age 9 — to win a World Cup for his crying father —…