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In Beginners, Tom Vanderbilt argues that you’re never too old to learn something new – and enjoy it
Beginnersby Tom VanderbiltKnopf
Malcolm Gladwell popularised, and oversimplified, the notion that 10,000 hours constitutes the magic number of greatness . That investment of time and effort, he argued in his 2008 bestseller Outliers, is imperative for anyone hoping to master anything from a sport to computing to music. The message? That success is far from arbitrary; it requires work.
But that s assuming you want to make sacrifices and be an expert. What if you cannot afford the equivalent of 416 24-hour days of deliberate practice to achieve prowess? What if you re content simply to dabble? Tom Vanderbilt asks those questions in Beginners, which should motivate especially the middle-aged to learn for the joy of it and gain from its transformative power - tempting rewards promised in the subtitle.