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Malcolm Gladwell, a Canadian journalist, proposed that for a person to become an expert in something, they needed to invest about 10,000 hours. Do the math, and you will find that 416 straight days without breaks for sleep, hygienic care or distraction are needed to put the time into becoming an expert. How much time could a person commit to working on a particular task sustainably in a day? I’ve worked some 18-hour days before. That experience tells me I couldn’t work that long for a ...
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States of America at the time, set aside the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving. Beyond the secular, however, being thankful has spiritual value. While worship on this side of eternity consists of confession, contrition, intercession and petition, these elements will lose their purpose in Heaven. A day approaches when...