In his 2008 book Outliers, journalist Malcolm Gladwell popularized what has become known as the 10,000 hour rule. The rule—based on a 1993 study of young violinists and pianists—says that to reach ...

If you’re a relentlessly upbeat thinker, you may be enamored of the 10,000-hour rule, which holds that if you simply practice something regularly for a long enough time, you’ll eventually achieve ...

To kick off Customer Service Week 2016 (which starts Monday), let me pose a question that may sound like a no-brainer: Does practice make perfect in customer service? The answer, surprisingly, is "not ...

In this article, I examine what science tells us about effective practice and instruction. I explore whether the idiom ‘practice makes perfect’ stands up to scrutiny. This idiom has two fundamental ...

The next time you putt 100 balls at the range, because you know the practice will improve your short game, know this: it probably won’t. Why? Because it’s not just practice that makes perfect. It’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Naz Beheshti covers mindful leadership and corporate wellness. As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, it is a good time to ...

Some people are dramatically better at activities like sports, music and chess than other people. Take the basketball great Stephen Curry. This past season, breaking the record he set last year by ...

Eye contact is an important part of making a good first impression. But if you have a bad habit of looking elsewhere while people talk, some practice can help. You don’t even need to leave your couch.

Steelers QB shares his mental approach to high-pressure situations: intense Monday-to-Saturday preparation is transforming ...