Thank you for writing this, JP! I subscribe to the longer-form attention span you describe here. As a lover of books and a product of the times before attention dwindled, this piece resonates.
I loved the statement where 10,000 hours feels like a life sentence. That feels so true. But when you consider all the experience earned and life lived, the 10,000 becomes understandable and, in some ways, embraced. Does the 10,000 hours give you cred? The Chef did not think so. But what makes all the difference is the audit and the recognition that you are not really starting from zero. Great piece, JP - and a great reminder that there is more available to you than you might have thought.
Thank you for writing this, JP! I subscribe to the longer-form attention span you describe here. As a lover of books and a product of the times before attention dwindled, this piece resonates.
I loved the statement where 10,000 hours feels like a life sentence. That feels so true. But when you consider all the experience earned and life lived, the 10,000 becomes understandable and, in some ways, embraced. Does the 10,000 hours give you cred? The Chef did not think so. But what makes all the difference is the audit and the recognition that you are not really starting from zero. Great piece, JP - and a great reminder that there is more available to you than you might have thought.
So, I have about 640,000 hrs of experience.
Go figure!
When I worked at Auto Trader in sales, my first cold call was never to sell, it was for the advertising decision maker to get to know me.
I always left the publication at the dealership. And I would go back, weekly.
One manager called me tenacious, however, it was praise regarding what I did to eventually have them place some ads.
At that rate, you skipped mastery and went straight to legend!! Seriously though, Ken, that kind of follow-through is a lost art.