This post contains the homework for the week to keep your brain sharp. This post is not about Engineering or Design, but about learning...we're kinda meta like that.

Freakonomics - How to Become Great at Just About Anything

Listen to or read the podcast over the weekend and be ready to answer the following questions:

1. Explain why Ericsson believes that Mozart would have been an average musician in 2016.

2. What is the 10,000 hour rule?

3. How does deliberate practice differ from just doing a task?

4. Explain why a doctor fresh out of university, might be better at diagnosing problems than one who has been working for decades.

5. Using the Beatles example, why should you try and put yourself into challenging situations early in your life or career?