Becoming an expert. NY TIMES article

Not to bad a newspaper article that captures the gist of developing
expertise via sustained motivated practice

Research has suggested the rule if thumb of ten years of such focus to
become an expert in a domain.

From The New York Times:

OP-ED COLUMNIST: Genius: The Modern View
By DAVID BROOKS

The latest research suggests a more prosaic, democratic, even
puritanical take on great accomplishment. It's not I.Q., but
deliberate practice....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01brooks.html

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Kevin McGrew PhD
Educational/School Psych.
IAP (www.iapsych.com)

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