Comparing Jared Sandman And Malcolm Gladwell's '10, 000 Hours Of Practice'

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Recently there has been a controversy surrounding the 10,000 hours of practice. This idea is in a golden rule made popular by the writer Malcolm Gladwell in his book. The rule tells us that 10,000 hours of dedicated practice in your particular field is sufficient to bring out the best in you. Jared Sandman and David Bradley are some of the authors who had opposing views regarding this rule. Comparing Jared Sandman’s and David Bradley’s articles, Bradley utilizes rhetorical strategies and techniques to capture his audience’s cognitive and emotional appeal. In contrast, Sandman uses personal experience and knowledge about the subject to appeal to his audience. Although Bradley is more effective, one can argue that Sandman did a good job of using …show more content…

In Sandman’s piece “10,000 Hours,” he talks about how to practice writing for 10,000 hours. No doubt was taken from Malcolm Gladwell’s book about how any skill takes 10,000 hours of practice to master, whether writing or golfing or painting. They both discuss Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours of practice rule and the controversy that seems to surround the rule, but at the same time, they don’t agree with it. Bradley is more effective than Sandman in persuading his audience to change their minds and beliefs because he convinces his audience he is trustworthy and credible by using ethos, pathos, and logic to appeal to …show more content…

These two authors’ contradicted Gladwell 10,000 hours rule, but Bradley claims were more effective than Sandman. Bradley incorporates his knowledge and experience of genes and how genetic factors they can be a significant influential factor when it comes to talents. Sandman was somehow effective because he provided information about his personal experience to persuade the readers and accomplish his purposes. He also uses claims that are somehow effective and may be even more effective depending how the readers perceive his claims. With this information, the reader has the option of deciding whether to keep or change his or her opinions and beliefs pertaining to Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours of

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