10,000 is not a magic number

You don’t have to walk 10,000 steps or practice 10,000 hours

Big relief this month as we learned that you don’t really need to walk 10,000 steps every day. Scientists didn’t see much advantage beyond about 7000 steps, and that’s already a much more realistic daily goal for many of us. 

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It reminded me of the myth of needing 10,000 hours of practice. That idea originated from an interpr…