This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

Today on the James Altiger Show.

And so how did you get into this?

Like what were you?

My guess is at some point you were trying to get good at something, maybe even a leap

at something.

It maybe didn't quite work out for you.

Like what were you trying to go for?

If you were prepared and you encounter something that doesn't match up.

Now that's a learning opportunity.

I am obsessed with figuring out how to hack the so-called 10,000 hour rule.

The idea that you need 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to reach your peak potential.

So I was so happy that Anders Erickson, the developer of this rule, which he figured

out through tons of studies and research and helping people reach their peak potential,

I was so excited when he decided to come to my podcast.

He originally came on the show two years ago, episode 162.

His book, Peak, Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, was mind blowing to me.

And then I had so many questions on top of it and he was so generous at answering them.

See, he discovered the 10,000 hour rule.

He taught me exactly what it means to do dedicated practice.

I remember him telling me, people have been convinced that as an adult, you're pretty much fixed

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