http://www.pertuset.net/openbook/2009/04/02/gladwell-vocation/ a reader's journal Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:15:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pertuset.net/openbook/2009/04/02/gladwell-vocation/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Jenni Thu, 14 May 2009 06:35:50 +0000 http://www.pertuset.net/openbook/?p=119#comment-160 I definitely felt more inclined to allow myself to suck, though mostly at things I don't regard as worth my 10K hours. Since I never expect to want to spend enough time at skiing (as one example) to be really good at it, am I willing to enjoy it at my level of ineptitude? I'm intrigued that you were prompted to relax with yourself about things you are investing yourself in. Tell me more! I definitely felt more inclined to allow myself to suck, though mostly at things I don’t regard as worth my 10K hours. Since I never expect to want to spend enough time at skiing (as one example) to be really good at it, am I willing to enjoy it at my level of ineptitude? I’m intrigued that you were prompted to relax with yourself about things you are investing yourself in. Tell me more!

]]> http://www.pertuset.net/openbook/2009/04/02/gladwell-vocation/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Leah Adams Thu, 14 May 2009 04:01:26 +0000 http://www.pertuset.net/openbook/?p=119#comment-150 Reading this book made me rethink my work, my craft, my art (not all three connected in the same time or space). Suddenly it seems okay to slow down, practice a little, try something out of my comfort zone, make something ugly. Reading this book made me rethink my work, my craft, my art (not all three connected in the same time or space). Suddenly it seems okay to slow down, practice a little, try something out of my comfort zone, make something ugly.

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