Practice Makes Perfect Everyone has heard the saying, “practice makes perfect” at some point in their life. In the excerpt, “10,000 Hours,” Malcolm Gladwell looks at how important practice really is to becoming better at a skill. Gladwell claims that when looking at the careers of people that are “gifted,” there is less correlation between talent and more correlation between practice. Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000 Hours” contains strong evidence that supports his findings, persuades the intended audience, and appeals to readers. Gladwell can persuade his readers to believe that 10,000 hours is the perfect number. He uses a few successful studies to show that this concept has been proven several times. Gladwell even shows some evidence that prodigies or people with natural talent are rare using an excerpt from the psychologist, Michael Howe. Gladwell does discuss the fact that people born later in the year are less likely to be a professional which is backed by studying rosters for the Czech and Canadian sports teams. They found that almost all the athletes were born before September 1st. Gladwell could have had more evidence to support the idea that professionals are more likely to be born at the beginning of the year. This is one of the weaker arguments but the writer still notes the findings of the professional athletic teams. How Gladwell presents his evidence makes the writing effective. Gladwell organized the piece so that the …show more content…
He uses studies of athletes and musicians to prove the idea of 10,000 hours is the same no matter what skill. This appeals to athletes, musicians, and anybody else who wants to perfect a skill. He also makes himself seem trustworthy because he uses documented sources performed by psychologists and other specialists. Gladwell wants to make sure that the reader trusts the facts that he has presented because readers want reliable