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Comment author: [deleted] 01 September 2012 07:21:39AM *  0 points [-]

I'll stick with Ericsson's research, thanks. Mindless practice is not useful; deliberate practice is useful.

I didn't see this parable extolling the virtue of mindless practice rather than the virtue of doing huge amounts of work if you really want to create remarkable outliers.