Outliers exposes the 10,000 hours threshold

In this year's (2009) Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about successful people who are more than just lucky. Regular folks like Bill Gates and the members of the The Beatles have put many hours into honing their particular talent and skills in optimum settings, at just the right time for them to rise to the top of their ouvre. This fairly self-evident observation is eye-opening in the amount of time stated to begin to be an expert, master, or champion. That amount of time is, more or less, 10,000 hours, or well over three solid years to master a skill. Yes, I think that is about the minimum one needs to master a skill such as playing the guitar or computer programming. Come to think of it, it's about the time it takes to get a bachelor's degree. Nevertheless, it's time to get practicing those skills in which one wants to become proficient, . . like writing (Wasn't this sentence awfully awkward?)