Spending the day with McKee and his text, Story. FI appreciate his candidness regarding the difficulty in telling good stories, and his humor as he shares from his experience. I can't help but think that the crucible of time (a.k.a. experience) is a critical component, along with the normal aspects like skill, technique, and timing.
Gladwell's book Outliers demonstrates similar stories as it relates to success. Gladwell presents the 10,000 hour rule -- stating that for us to become an expert, it usually takes 10,000 hours of work.
Let me see -- for this doctoral program -- (20 hours a week x 52 weeks x 3 years) + research hours (200) + comps ( 200 hours) + dissertation (1500 hours)= More than 5,000 hours. So I'll be halfway there! Then, the real fun begins!
