10,000 Hours – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Maybe, I’m behind the times, but I found this gem on Ryan Lewis’s Heist Album. It’s not really one of this song that gets a lot of Youtube play (not even an Official Video for it). There are a lot of good songs on that album, Thrift Shop, Can’t Hold Us, Same Love, but this one touches me deeply.

It’s about all the work needed to achieve your dreams.

It’s about not being comfortable. It’s about getting out of your conform zone.


It’s about going for it.
“Same shit, different day, same struggle
Slow motion as time slips through my knuckles
Nothing beautiful about it, no light at the tunnel
For the people that put the passion before them being comfortable Raw, unmedicated heart no substitute
Banging on table tops, no substitute”
This is what I’m all about

Just as a note, 10,000 hours comes from the famous book Outliers written by Malcolm Gladwell, and the independent research done by K. Anders Ericsson and Susanne Bargmann that he based his book on. 10,000 hours in a nice number to talk about, but the researchers would point out that it’s the deliberate practice (practicing smart, and adjusting when you make mistakes) that is more important than the arbitrary number.