10,000 Hours And Then Some Dept.

Creativity Is Much More Than 10,000 Hours of Deliberate Practice - Scientific American Blog Network

... creativity must beoriginal, meaningful, and surprising. Original in the sense that the creator isrewarded fortranscending expertise, and going beyond the standard repertoire. Meaningfulin the sense that the creator must satisfy some utility function, or provide a new interpretation. This constantly raises the bar of what is considered useful, and puts immense pressure on creators to find n...