10X as much isn’t specific enough because it’s agnostic about the amount of work the person was doing before.
Two people could be failing to learn a foreign language. The first may be studying an hour a day, the second may be doing 5 minutes of daily Duolingo. Your prescription would have the first person studying 10 hours per day (probab…
10X as much isn’t specific enough because it’s agnostic about the amount of work the person was doing before.
Two people could be failing to learn a foreign language. The first may be studying an hour a day, the second may be doing 5 minutes of daily Duolingo. Your prescription would have the first person studying 10 hours per day (probably overkill) and the second doing 50 minutes of Duolingo daily (perhaps still not enough).
It’s just a rule of thumb of course, but people aren’t totally delusional and I expect the person currently studying for 5 minutes has different goals than the one studying an hour (learn some phrases for my upcoming trip vs become fluent, perhaps). And if that’s the case, it could absolutely be true that both need to 10x their study to achieve their respective goals.
10 hours a day studying a language is hardly overkill. I learned to speak Portuguese fluently and spent at least 10 hours a day on it. The question isn't whether those hours will be useful, it's whether you have the hours.
10X as much isn’t specific enough because it’s agnostic about the amount of work the person was doing before.
Two people could be failing to learn a foreign language. The first may be studying an hour a day, the second may be doing 5 minutes of daily Duolingo. Your prescription would have the first person studying 10 hours per day (probably overkill) and the second doing 50 minutes of Duolingo daily (perhaps still not enough).
It’s just a rule of thumb of course, but people aren’t totally delusional and I expect the person currently studying for 5 minutes has different goals than the one studying an hour (learn some phrases for my upcoming trip vs become fluent, perhaps). And if that’s the case, it could absolutely be true that both need to 10x their study to achieve their respective goals.
The point isn't the formula, it's that most people aren't doing enough.
10 hours a day studying a language is hardly overkill. I learned to speak Portuguese fluently and spent at least 10 hours a day on it. The question isn't whether those hours will be useful, it's whether you have the hours.