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		<title>The Price of Being a Genius? 10,000 Hours</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source:  HERE Recently, I was extremely humbled (and a bit embarrassed) when someone who read my books came up to me and called me a genius. ” You are truly a genius’, he said. “How are you able to write a best-selling book so effortlessly in just 30 days?” (he was referring to my latest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2056&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<div>Source:  <a title="The Price of Being a Genius" href="http://www.adam-khoo.com/192/the-price-of-being-a-genius-10000-hours/" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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<p>Recently, I was extremely humbled (and a bit embarrassed) when someone who read my books came up to me and called me a genius. ” You are truly a genius’, he said. “How are you able to write a best-selling book so effortlessly in just 30 days?” (he was referring to my latest book ‘Profit from the Panic that has topped the best-sellers list). “And how are you able to speak in front of so many people and talk non-stop for 8 hours without feeling nervous and without requiring to use any kind of notes?”</p>
<p>“Normal people can’t do what you do”, he said. ” You must be just a genius!”. What many people do not realize is that</p>
<p>my “Genius” ability was not something I was born with. In fact, when I was younger, I had absolutely no natural aptitude in writing or speaking. Back in school, I was never really good at writing English essays. My usual scores would be ‘C’s and ‘D’s. If I was lucky, I would get a ‘B’ once in a while.</p>
<p>While talented students with the ‘gift of the gab’ were often given the chance to become emcees during school events, I was a shy kid who never dared to speak up.</p>
<p>So, how did I develop my ‘Genius’ in speaking and writing that has helped me become a leader in my field? The answer is through over 10,000 hours of CONSISTENT HARD WORK.</p>
<p><strong>How I Developed My Genius in Writing</strong><br />
I first got interested in writing a the age of 15 (when I was in secondary three). At that time, I was very passionate about learning and using accelerated learning techniques and self motivation methods to improve in my studies. When I started to do well, I wanted to share this knowledge with all my friends. So, I wrote hand-written articles on study tips (on A4 paper) than I would photocopy and distribute to my friends in class. I wrote articles</p>
<p>entitled ‘How to improve your memory’, ‘the secret of speed reading’, ‘ smart exam tips’ etc..</p>
<p>At the time, my writing skills were not so good so I took a long time just to put my thoughts down on paper and I revised them over 8 times until I got them right. This was a time (1989) when i did not know how to use a computer, so I had to write and re-wr</p>
<p>ite my articles by hand until they were good enough. Besides doing my usual school homework, I spent about 2 hours a day,everyday to write these articles.</p>
<p>Three years later, I revised and refined my articles and sent them to Teenage Magazine which had them published in their monthly ‘Study Smart’ column. At the age of 18, I became a part time writer, contr</p>
<p>ibuting motivational articles to Teenage Magazine for $150 an article. Slowly but surely, my gift in writing developed.</p>
<p>At the age of 20 (when I was in the Army), I got the inspiration to write an entire book on empowering students to do well in school. The book would be called ‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’ Was it easy for me to write an entire book? To tell you the truth…I almost died in the process. I spent hours a day, late into the night (after Army training) ‘trying’ hard to write each page. I would write a sentence, delete it and re-write again. It took 4-5 excruciating hours just to write ONE PAGE!</p>
<p>So, how long did it take me to write my first draft of the manuscript? 3 YEARS! After I had completed the manuscript at age 23 (3 years later), I searched for a publisher to publish the book. I was rejected by over 9 of them until Oxford University Press decided to give me a chance. After the editor-in-charge read my work, she told me that my ideas were god but my writing was COMMERCIALLY UNVIABLE</p>
<p>(which is a nice way of saying that my English sucked). She asked me to re-write the whole book. I almost fainted! It took me 3 years to write my first draft and now I have to re-write the whole thing again?</p>
<p>Thankfully, I didn’t give up! I took another 1 year to re-write the book, based on the advice and pointers the editor gave me. Finally, ‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’ was published in 1998 and went on to stay on the best sellers list for 8 years. After the success of the first book, I then wrote ‘Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny’ that was also very difficult (it took me 2 years), then I wrote ‘How to Multiply Your Child’s Intelligence’, ‘Clueless in Starting a Business’, ‘ Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires’, ‘Secrets of Millionaire Investors’ etc…. It was only AFTER I wrote 8 books that I developed my GENIUS for now writing a best-selling book in 30 days. In fact, I can type almost as fast as I can talk now.</p>
<p><strong>How I Developed My Genius in Speaking</strong></p>
<p>My genius in speaking also came about the same way. Many people say that I have a talent for speaking but then do not realize the hours I have put in speaking over the years to develop my abilities.</p>
<p>So, how did I first get the opportunity to become a public speaker? Well, for the first 8 YEARS of my speaking career, I spoke for free to churches, bookshops, schools, community centres etc… Why? Well, its because nobody would ever pay for me to speak so I could only speak for free. I started out when I was in secondary three (age 15), where I would give free motivational talks to students in holiday camps. At the age of 24, I went round speaking in bookshops three times a week to promote my newly launched book. Again, it was only after 7 years of speaking of at least 3 times a week that I developed my speaking talent!</p>
<p><strong>Anyone Can Be a Genius in Something, You Just Have to Pay the Price</strong><br />
Many people think that talent and ‘Genius’ is something lucky people are born with. The truth is that true talent is only developed after years and years of focus and persistent hard work on a particular skill. If</p>
<p>YOU had spent the same number of hours as me speaking for 7 years, you too will be able to speak very confidently today without using notes. If YOU has spent as much time as me writing and re-writing books and articles, you too would be a great writer today.</p>
<p><strong>The Price of Being a Genius? 10,000 Hours</strong><br />
So, how many hours of hard work must you put into a certain skill before you become great at it? According to research published in the best-selling book, ‘ OUTLIERS- by Malcolm Gladwell’, it takes 10,000 hours to become a genius at something.</p>
<p>When I read the book, I indeed found it to be so true. Indeed, I did spend more than 10,000 hours on writing and speaking UNTIL I finally became great at it.</p>
<p><strong>The Best in the World Put in 10,000 Hours</strong></p>
<p>If you study the most successful people in the world, you will also realize that their genius only came after more than 10,000 hours of focus and hard work.</p>
<p>What makes Tiger Woods the greatest golfer of all time? Well, his father taught him to play golf at age 3! From the age of 5, Tiger spent at least 4-5 hours every single day hitting 800 golf balls until he could hit them perfectly. It was only after 18 years of non-stop practice (4-5 hours a day) that he became world number one at the age of 21!</p>
<p>What makes Warren Buffett (the world’s richest man) the greatest investor in the world? Well, he started reading financial books and began buying his first stocks at the age of 8! While his friends were out playing games and reading comics, young Warren spent hours a day reading annual reports and looking at stock charts!</p>
<p>How about Bill Gates? Well, many people know him for being a school droput who started a computer company called Microsoft and through sheer brilliance and ambititon, built it into the biggest computer software company in the world. What actually happened behind the scenes? How did he become a genius at computers? Well young Bill got the chance to do real time programming at eighth grade (age 14) because he attended a school that had a computer lab (a rarity at the time). From the age of 14, Gates spent an average of 8 hours a day, 7 days a week in the computer lab while all his friends were out partying and playing.</p>
<p>In his book, ‘Outliers’, Malcolm Gladwell, writes:<br />
<em>â€œ The closer psychologist look at the careers of the gifted, the SMALLER the role innate talent seems to play and the BIGGER the role preparation seems to playâ€</em></p>
<p><em> </em><em>Psychologist K. Anders Ericsson studied gifted musicians. What was concluded fr</em></p>
<p><em>om the study was that they couldnâ€™t find any natural musicians who floated effortlessly to the top while practicing a fraction of what their peers did. Nor could they find anyone who worked harder than anyone else yet did not make it to the top.<br />
</em></p>
<p><strong>In other words:<br />
â€œ Practice isnâ€™t the thing you do once youâ€™re good. Itâ€™s the thing you do that makes you good.â€</strong></p>
<p><strong>Why Some People Never Become Successful</strong><br />
Most people do not have the patience and faith that their hard work will pay off. They want instant success and instant results. Once they donâ€™t get it, they think that they lack the talent and give up. So they never become great in anything!</p>
<p><strong>The Lesson</strong></p>
<p>The lesson I would like to share with you is that in order for you to become successful in any field, you have develop a talent for it. To develop a talent for anything, you must have the discipline to work on it for hours and hours until you master it!</p>
<p>So, before you can succeed as trader, you have to first put in 10,000 hours studying stock charts.<br />
Before you can become a best-selling author, you have to write for 10,000 hours<br />
Before you can succeed in gold, you have to hit golf balls for 10,000 hours<br />
Before you can succeed in sales, you must spend 10,000 hours selling in front of customers</p>
<p>Pay the price and you will be a genius!</p>
<p>Bản dịch Tiếng Việt của <a href="http://www.adamkhoovietnam.com/27/cai-gia-de-thanh-thien-tai/">AdamkhooVietnam</a></p>
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<p>Gần đây tôi nhận thấy mình cực kì khiêm  tốn (và một chút xấu hổ) khi có một ai đó đọc những quyển sách của tôi,  gặp tôi và nói với tôi rằng tôi là một thiên tài . <em>“ Anh thực sự là một thiên tài”</em>, các bạn ấy nói <em>“ Làm sao anh có thể dễ dàng viết một cuôn sách được mọi người yêu thích nhất chỉ trong vòng 30 ngày?”</em> ( Ý cậu ấy muốn nói tới cuốn sách mới nhất của tôi, “Profit from the  Panic” (tạm dịch: Kiếm Triệu Đô Từ Khủng Hoảng), đang đứng ở tốp dẫn  đầu). Và làm sao mà anh có thể nói trước một đám đông , không ngừng nghỉ  trong vòng 8 giờ liền mà chẳng hề lo lăng hay cần viện tới bất kì ghi  chú gì?</p>
<p>Cậu ấy bảo tôi <em>“ Người thường chẳng ai làm được như anh cả”</em>.<em> “ Anh chắc chắn là một thiên tài!”</em>.  Điều mà mọi người chưa nhận ra đó là “khả năng thiên tài” là thứ mà tôi  chưa từng có từ lúc sinh ra. Thực tế, khi tôi còn ở tuổi thiếu niên,  tôi thực sự không có chút năng khiếu gì về viết hay nói. Khi còn đi học,  tôi không bao giờ khá khi viết luận Anh ngữ. Tôi thường chỉ đạt 3, 4  điểm. Nếu may mắn, thinh thoảng tôi có thể nhận điểm 7.</p>
<p>Với những học sinh khiếu ăn nói bẩm  sinh, họ thường có nhiều cơ hội trở thành MC trong các sự kiện tại  trường. Còn tôi lúc đó chỉ là một đứa trẻ nhút nhát chẳng bao giờ dám tự  nói lên suy nghĩ của mình.</p>
<p>Vậy thì làm thế nào tôi có thể phát  triển “tài năng” diễn thuyết và viết lách để dẫn đầu trong lĩnh vực kinh  doanh của mình? Câu trả lời nằm ở <strong>10.000 giờ KIÊN TRÌ LUYỆN TẬP</strong>.</p>
<h3><strong>Tôi phát triển tài năng viết lách như thế nào?</strong></h3>
<p>Tôi lần đầu có hứng thú viết lách khi ở  tuổi 15 ( năm thứ 3 của cấp II). Thời điểm đó, tôi rất say mê việc học  và sử dụng kĩ thuật Học tập tăng tốc và sự tự thúc đẩy bản thân để cải  thiện tình trạng học tập của mình. Khi tôi thành thạo các kĩ năng này,  tôi muốn chia sẻ nó với bạn bè của mình. Vì vậy, tôi thích viết tay  những bài báo trên mục Lời Khuyên Học Tập ( Khoảng 1 trang A4) hơn là  photocopy chúng rồi phân phát cho bạn bè. Tôi viết những bài tựa như  “Làm thế nào để cải thiện trí nhớ của bạn”, “ Bí quyết của đọc nhanh” , “  Các mẹo thi cử thông minh”…</p>
<p>Lúc đó, kĩ năng viết của tôi còn hạn  chế, vì thế nên tôi mất rất lâu để viết ra suy nghĩ của mình, rồi xem  lại 8 lần để chắc chắn nó đúng ý tôi định nói. Đó là năm 1989, khi tôi  còn chưa biết cách dùng máy tính, nên tôi phải viết đi viết lại cả trăm  lần để đảm bảo bài viết của mình “chấp nhận được”. Ngoài việc làm bài  tập về nhà, tôi dành 2 tiếng mỗi ngày để luyện viết báo.</p>
<p>Ba năm sau, tôi xem lại, biên tập mấy  bài báo đó và gởi đếntạp chí Teenage và được đăng hằng tháng trong mục  “Bí quyết học tập”. 18 tuổi, tôi trở thành một người viết bán thời gian,  cung cấp các bài viết khơi gợi cảm hứng cho tạp chí Teeange với giá 150  $/ bài. Chậm mà chắc, tài năng viết lách của tôi dần được phát triển.</p>
<p>Ở tuổi 20( khi còn trong quân đội), tôi  hứng chí muốn viết một cuốn sách để thúc đẩy học sinh làm cách nào học  tập cho hiệu quả. Cuốn sách đó có tựa là <em><strong>“ <a href="http://www.toitaigioi.com/" target="_blank">Tôi tài giỏi</a>, bạn cũng thế”</strong></em>.  Vậy có thật sự dễ dàng nếu tôi viết hẳn 1 cuốn sách? Thành thật mà nói,  viết cuốn sách này tốn rất nhiều thời gian của tôi. Tôi dành mỗi ngày 1  giờ vào lúc đêm khuya ( sau khi tập luyện xong), cố gắng đặt bút viết  từng trang một. Tôi hoàn thành xong 1 trang, xóa đi rồi lại viết lại.  Mất hơn 4,5 giờ đau khổ chỉ để hoàn thành MỘT TRANG!!!</p>
<p>Vậy thì tôi mất bao lâu để hoàn thành  bản nháp cho cuốn sách của mình? 3 năm các bạn à!!! Sau khi tôi hoàn  thành tập bản thảo năm 23 tuổi, tôi tìm kiếm một nhà xuất bản để ấn hành  cuốn sách. Tôi bị từ chối <em>cả thảy 9 lần</em> trước khi được nhà  xuất bản Oxford University Press đồng ý cho một cơ hội. Sau khi bà Tổng  biên tập đọc tập bản thảo của tôi, bà ấy nói ý tưởng của tôi thì ổn,  nhưng mà văn phong thì chưa được “trau chuốt” cho lắm ( một cách nói  tránh rằng tiếng Anh của tôi quá TỆ). Bà ấy bảo tôi nên viết lại toàn bộ  cuốn sách. Tôi suýt nữa thì nữa thì ngất xỉu! Nó ngốn của tôi 3 năm, và  giờ lại phải làm lại từ đầu ư?</p>
<p>Nhờ trời, tôi đã không bỏ cuộc. Tôi viết  lại cuốn sách trong vòng 1 năm, dựa theo những điểm chưa phù hợp mà bà  biên tập viên bảo tôi. Cuối cùng, sách <em><strong>“Tôi Tài Giỏi,  Bạn Cũng Thế!”</strong></em> được chính thức có mặt trên giá sách vào năm 1998 và liên tục duy trì  thứ hạng dẫn đầu trong 8 năm liền. Sau sự thành công của cuốn sách đầu  tiên, tôi viết cuốn sách<em><strong> “ Làm Chủ Tư Duy, Thay Đổi Vận mệnh”</strong></em>. Quả thực viết cuốn này rất mệt, tôi mất đến 2 năm để hoàn thành, và sau đó là cuốn <em><strong>“ Con Cái Chúng Ta Đều Giỏi”</strong></em>, <em><strong>“Bí Quyết Tay Trắng Thành Triệu Phú”</strong></em> , <em><strong>“Bí Quyết Xây Dựng Cơ Nghệp Bạc Tỷ”</strong></em> … Chỉ sau khi tôi viết xong 8 cuốn sách tôi mới có thể phát triển khả  năng viết tuyệt vời của mình để cho ra mắt  một cuốn sách được yêu thích  nhất chỉ trong 30 ngày. Thực tế là bây giờ tôi có thể đánh máy nhanh  như tốc độ tôi đang nói.</p>
<h3>Tôi phát triển tài năng diễn thuyết ra sao?</h3>
<p>Khả năng hùng biện của tôi đến cũng theo  cách tương tự. Nhiều người bảo rằng tôi có tài năng diễn thuyết, nhưng  họ không nhận ra hàng giờ mà tôi phải bỏ ra để tập diễn thuyết trong  nhiều năm để phát triển khả năng của mình.</p>
<p>Vậy thì tôi đã nắm bắt cơ hội để trở  thành một diễn giả như thế nào? Để xem nào, trong vòng 8 năm đầu tiên  của sự nghiệp diễn thuyết, tôi nói không công trong các nhà thờ, hiệu  sách, trường học, trung tâm cộng đồng… Tại sao thế? Đơn giản vì lúc đó  chẳng ai trả tôi tiền để tôi nói, nên cách duy nhất là diễn thuyết miễn  phí. Tôi bắt đầu công việc ở tuổi 15 khi tôi nói có những buổi trò  chuyện động viên tinh thần với các học sinh khác trong trại hè. Ở tuổi  24, tôi đi khắp các hiệu sách 3 lần 1 tuần để quảng cáo cho cuốn sách  mới in. Lại một lần nữa, chỉ sau 7 năm nói miệt mài 3 lần 1 tuần mà tôi  có thể phát triển tài năng hùng biện của mình!</p>
<p><strong>Ai cũng có thể trở thành thiên tài. Bạn chỉ cần phải trả giá cho việc đó. </strong></p>
<p>Nhiều người cho rằng tài năng và thiên  khiếu là những thứ chỉ có những người may mắn mới được sở hữu. Nhưng sự  thật là tài năng thực sự chỉ nở rộ sau những năm tháng miệt mài lao động  tập trung và bền bỉ với những kĩ năng cụ thể mà thôi. Nếu bạn cũng dành  lượng thời gian như tôi trong vòng 7 năm, bạn hoàn toàn có thể tự tin  nói trước đám đông mà chẳng cần giấy tờ gì cả. Nếu bạn cũng dành nhiều  thời gian viết đi viết lại sách báo, bạn cũng có thể trở thành một nhà  văn nổi tiếng.</p>
<h3><strong>Cái giá cho một thiên tài? 10000 giờ kiên trì.</strong></h3>
<p>Câu hỏi đặt ra là bạn phải luyện tập  chăm chỉ trong bao lâu để thông tuệ  một kĩ năng? Theo như nghiên cứu  được xuất bản trong một cuốn sách thuộc hàng top hiện nay <strong>“ Outliers” của Malcolm Gladwell</strong>, cần khoảng <strong>10.000 giờ luyện tập</strong> để trở thành thiên tài trong một lĩnh vực nào đó.</p>
<p>Khi đọc cuốn sách đó, tôi thực sự thấy điều ông ấy nói là đúng. Sự thực là tôi đã dành nhiều hơn cả <strong>10.000 giờ</strong> để giờ đây thực sự tự tin với hai kĩ năng này.</p>
<h3><strong>Chính các thiên tài thế giới cũng cần tới 10000 giờ hoàn thiện.</strong></h3>
<p>Nếu bạn học tập những người thành công  nhất thế giới, bạn cũng sẽ nhận thấy tài năng của họ chỉ bộc lộ sau hơn  10000 giờ tập trung và làm việc bền bỉ.</p>
<p>Điều gì đã làm <strong>Tiger Woods</strong> trở thành tay chơi golf xuất sắc nhất MỌI thời dại? Tiger được cha hướng đẫn chơi golf từ <strong>năm lên 3</strong>!  Từ lúc 5 tuổi, Woods dành ít nhất 4, 5 giờ mỗi ngày để đánh 800 cú cho  đến khi anh có thể đánh bóng hoàn hảo. Mãi đến tận sau 18 năm kiên trì  tập luyện không ngừng nghỉ (4, 5 tiếng một ngày) mà anh ấy đã trở thành  nhà vô địch thế giới ở tuổi 21.</p>
<p>Điều gì làm <strong>Warren Buffett</strong> (người giàu có nhất hành tinh) trở thành nhà đầu tư giỏi nhất thế giới?  Ông anh bắt đầu làm quen với sách báo liên quan đến tài chính và bắt  đầu mua cổ phiếu đầu tiên từ <strong>năm 8 tuổi!</strong> Trong khi bạn  bè ông chơi đùa và đọc truyện tranh, chàng thanh niên trẻ tuổi Warren  dành nhiều giờ mỗi ngày đọc các báo cáo thường niên và biểu đồ cổ phiếu!</p>
<p>Vậy còn <strong>Bill Gates</strong> thì  sao? Chúng ta đều biết Bill nổi tiếng vì bỏ học giữa chừng để thành lập  nên một công ty máy tính là Microsoft. Sau đó, nhờ khát vọng cháy bỏng  cùng bộ não vượt trội, Bill đã xây dựng nên một công ty phần mềm lớn  nhất toàn cầu. Điều bí ẩn đã xảy ra vậy? Làm sao Bill có thể trở thành  một thiên tài xuất chúng trong lĩnh vực máy tính? Bill có cơ hội tiếp  xúc với lập trình vào năm 14 tuổi vì anh ấy học ở một ngôi trường có  phòng máy tính ( rất rất hiếm ở thời điểm đó). Từ đó trở đi, Bill dành  khoảng 8 tiếng mỗi ngày, 7 ngày một tuần bên máy tinh trong khi bạn bè  cùng trang lứa mải mê tiệc tùng và và vui chơi.</p>
<p><em>Trong cuốn sách<strong> ‘Outliers’</strong> của mình, <strong>Malcolm Gladwell</strong> viết: “ Những nhà tâm lí học càng nghiên cứu về sự nghiệp của những  thiên tài trên thế giới, họ càng nhận thấy tài năng thiên bẩm chỉ đóng  góp một phần rất nhỏ, và vai trò của sự chuẩn bị kĩ lưỡng càng trở nên  quan trọng”.</em></p>
<p><em>Nhà tâm lí học K. Anders Ericsson  nghiên cứu về các thần đồng âm nhạc. Điều có thể kết luận từ nghiên cứu  là họ không thấy bất kì một nhạc sĩ thiên bẩm nào có thể trở nên xuất  chúng nếu  họ chỉ luyện tập bằng một phần nhỏ thời lượng mà những người  bạn cùng trang lứa phải làm. Cũng như không tìm thấy ai làm việc chăm  chỉ hơn những người khác mà lại không vượt lên dẫn đầu</em>.</p>
<p>Nói cách khác:</p>
<p><em><strong>“ Luyện tập không phải là điều bạn chỉ làm khi bạn giỏi. Nó chính là thứ tạo nên giá trị của bạn”. </strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Tại sao có một số người không thể thành công?</strong></p>
<p>Hầu hết mọi người không có đủ lòng kiên  nhẫn và niềm tin rằng làm việc chăm chỉ sẽ có kết quả xứng đáng. Họ chỉ  muốn nhìn thấy kết quả ngay tức khắc mà thôi. Một khi thất bại, họ nghĩ  rằng mình thiếu tài năng và bỏ cuộc. Chính vì lí do đó mà họ không bao  giờ trở nên giỏi giang ở bất kì cái gì.</p>
<p><strong>Bài học kinh nghiệm</strong></p>
<p>Bài học mà tôi muốn chia sẻ với các bạn  là, để thành công ở bất kì lĩnh vực nào, bạn cần phát triển tài năng cho  lĩnh vực ấy. Để phát triển nó, bạn cần phải có sự tự giác làm việc hàng  giờ, hàng giờ liền cho đến khi thuần thục nó.</p>
<p>Trước khi bạn có thể thành công khi giao  dịch chứng khoán, việc đầu tiên là bạn phải dành ra 10.000 giờ nghiên  cứu các loại biểu đồ.</p>
<p>Trước khi bạn trở thành một tác giả được yêu thích nhất, bạn phải viết khoảng 10.000 giờ.</p>
<p>Trước khi bạn có thể trờ thành một tay golf cự phách, bạn phải dành ra 10.000 giờ để tập đánh golf.</p>
<p>Trước khi bạn có thể thành công trong buôn bán, bạn phải bỏ ra 10.000 giờ đi chào hàng và bán hàng.</p>
<p><strong>Bạn trả giá để trở thành một thiên tài!</strong></p>
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		<title>ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD &#124; OFFICIAL RELEASE &#124; 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Official Online (Youtube) Release of &#8220;Zeitgeist: Moving Forward&#8221; by Peter Joseph. [30 subtitles ADDED!] On Jan. 15th, 2011, &#8220;Zeitgeist: Moving Forward&#8221; was released theatrically to sold out crowds in 60 countries; 31 languages; 295 cities and 341 Venues. It has been noted as the largest non-profit independent film release in history. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2055&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>This is the Official Online (Youtube) Release of &#8220;Zeitgeist: Moving Forward&#8221; by Peter Joseph. [30 subtitles ADDED!]</p>
<p>On Jan. 15th, 2011, &#8220;Zeitgeist: Moving Forward&#8221; was released theatrically to sold out crowds in 60 countries; 31 languages; 295 cities and 341 Venues. It has been noted as the largest non-profit independent film release in history.</p>
<p>This is a non-commercial work and is available online for free viewing and no restrictions apply to uploading/download/posting/linking &#8211; as long as no money is exchanged.</p>
<p>A Free DVD Torrent of the full 2 hr and 42 min film in 30 languages is also made available through the main website [below], with instructions on how one can download and burn the movie to DVD themselves. His other films are also freely available in this format.</p>
<p>Website:<br />
<a title="http://www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeitgeistmovingforward.com%2F&amp;session_token=10Syig7nchwl6T_gtDm9PrsBUYp8MTMwMTMzMDMzMA%3D%3D" target="_blank">http://www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com</a><br />
<a title="http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/" target="_blank">http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com</a></p>
<p>Release Map:<br />
<a title="http://zeitgeistmovingforward.com/zmap" rel="nofollow" href="http://zeitgeistmovingforward.com/zmap" target="_blank">http://zeitgeistmovingforward.com/zmap</a></p>
<p>$5 DVD:<br />
<a title="http://zeitgeistmovie.com/order.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://zeitgeistmovie.com/order.html" target="_blank">http://zeitgeistmovie.com/order.html</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I received this email saying that Ubuntu Wiki content now is listed as copyright Canonical, to the CC-BY-SA license. Image: creativecommons The CC-BY-SA means you are free to: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: Attribution — You must attribute [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2054&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:normal;">This morning I received this email saying that Ubuntu Wiki content now is listed as copyright Canonical, to the CC-BY-SA license.</span></span></p>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><span style="font-size:small;"><img title="Free Cultural License" src="http://creativecommons.org/images/deed/seal.png" alt="Free Cultural License" width="127" height="127" /></span></dt>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>The CC-BY-SA means you are free to:</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><strong>to Share</strong> — to copy, distribute and transmit the work</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><strong>to Remix</strong> — to adapt the work</span></span></p>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Under the following conditions:</h3>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><strong>Attribution</strong> — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="line-height:normal;"><strong>Share Alike</strong> — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;">To me, free culture license is totally a new term  =^0^=</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:normal;">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dear Contributor to the Ubuntu Wiki,</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">We are contacting you because you have contributed content to the Ubuntu wiki at <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://wiki.ubuntu.com</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The license of content of the Ubuntu Wiki has always been publically  listed as copyright Canonical Ltd. Working with the Ubuntu Community  Council, Canonical has decided to transition the content in the Ubuntu  Wiki to the the CC-BY-SA license[1]. This license is a free culture  license[2] and is the same license used both by the Ubuntu Documentation  wiki [3] since 2007 [4] and by Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">If you are happy with the idea of this transition for the content you  have provided, you do not need to do anything. If you have problems or  issues, please read the feedback section below and contact us.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The rest of this message provides a rationale, details, and information on providing feedback.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">= Decision =</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">After discussion among the Ubuntu Community Council, it has been decided  that the material on the Ubuntu wiki should be licensed under a free  license, CC-by-SA[1]. The Ubuntu wiki will be changed to make this clear  to those creating or editing pages, and of course external links from  the Wiki to material under other licences will continue to be welcome.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">This decision is not intended in any way to underestimate the value of  contributions, but rather to ensure that the material on the wiki  complies with the same standards of openness as the Ubuntu project as a  whole.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">= Rationale =</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Ubuntu wiki is a collaborative resource, and the product of the  Ubuntu community as a whole. Its content, put together by many  contributors with different knowledge and points of view, is immensely  valuable to us all. Unfortunately, at the moment, there is no clear  definition of what rights contributors to the content retain over the  material that they post, or the extent to which other persons are  entitled to copy or modify the material. For example, it would be very  useful to ensure that community contributed content may be shared by  many teams without complex licensing issues, ensuring that those working  on content can concentrate on producing the best information possible  rather than legal negotiations.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Furthermore, consistent with Ubuntu&#8217;s philosophy, it is important that  material created for use on the Ubuntu wiki be available for other  communities outside ours to benefit from. Using an open license on the  Ubuntu wiki allows other communities to re-use material which may be  useful to them under terms which are widely recognised in the free  software community.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">= Feedback =</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">We would again like to make a good-faith attempt to ensure that  contributors of existing material are happy with this change. We invite  any contributors who have any questions or concerns about this plan to  contact us at &lt;<a href="mailto:community-council@lists.ubuntu.com">community-council@lists.ubuntu.com</a>&gt;. Given that the re-licensing of <a href="http://help.ubuntu.com/community" target="_blank">http://help.ubuntu.com/community</a> was fairly uncontroversial and since the aim to re-license the Ubuntu  wiki at some point later has not brought up any objections, we hope that  contributors will welcome it.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In the absence of a substantial number of objections, this change will be made to the Ubuntu wiki after approximately one month.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">More details can be found here:<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Many thanks for your contributions to the Ubuntu Wiki, and we hope that you will continue to help!</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">[1] See <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/</a><br />
[2] <a href="http://freedomdefined.org/Definition" target="_blank">http://freedomdefined.org/Definition</a><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[So far, Facebook&#8217;s key battleground has been in online marketing&#8230; Read more<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2053&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kindle 3 supported reading pdf, but it is not displayed so well as Kindle native format. In addition, it can not speak out the pdf file. After finding and testing around the Net I found out this very nice free service that helps us to convert pdf to html for free. Firstly, all we need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2052&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Kindle 3 supported reading pdf, but it is not displayed so well as Kindle native format. In addition, it can not speak out the pdf file.</p>
<p>After finding and testing around the Net I found out this very nice free service that helps us to convert pdf to html for free. Firstly, all we need to attach all files we would like to convert and email to: <a href="mailto:convert@pdf2mobile.com">convert@pdf2mobile.com</a> . They will convert your files to HTML and attach to reply email for you.</p>
<p>Latter on, simply forward that email to you @kindle email, and let Amazon converts them to a better format for Kindle. Then just simply download them to your Kindle.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago I got an Amazon Kindle as a gift for reading eBook. Wow it is really useful for me because I personally have a lot of good ebooks that I  need to read. Reading them on my computer makes my eyes tired very quickly and it cost much energy for running a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2051&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">A couple days ago I got an Amazon Kindle as a gift for reading eBook.<br />
Wow it is really useful for me because I personally have a lot of good ebooks that I  need to read.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Reading them on my computer makes my eyes tired very quickly and it cost much energy for running a computer just for reading books purpose.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Another option is that I could  print them all out, but it will also cost a lot of&#8230;  money. And one more thing is that it is not so convenient for carrying a lot of book with you when you go here and there.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Now with the AK you can carry your portable library very easily in your small bag <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Hehe so here I would like to share some beautiful tips and tricks for Kindle that I found on the Net, wow they are cool!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Enjoy reading!</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Kindle Tips &amp; Tricks</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Here’s a list of tips, tricks, and hacks for the Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI?tag=kindsyst-20">Kindle</a> that I’ve uncovered. Some of these are valid for the original Kindle and some are valid for the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI?tag=kindsyst-20">Kindle 2</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015TCML0?tag=kindsyst-20">Kindle DX</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Keyboard Shortcuts</h3>
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<li>Alt+Shift+M – Start a game of Minesweeper.  While in the game you can press G for a version of “Go”</li>
<li>Alt-T – Shows time (only on the original Kindle; does not work on the Kindle 2 or Kindle DX…booo!)</li>
<li>Alt-Shift-o &#8211; In picture viewer, set the current picture as the screensaver</li>
<li>Alt-Shift-G  – Take a screenshot of the currently displayed screen. A .GIF file will  be created in the \documents folder (plug the device in to your  computer to access).</li>
<li>Hold the power slider for 5 seconds – Reset (Kindle 2 and Kindle DX only).</li>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Storing &amp; Viewing Pictures</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The  Picture Viewer on the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX is disabled by default and  you enable it by creating the \pictures folder on the device. After  you’ve created a sub-directory (you can’t put photos in the root of  \pictures!) press Alt-A to tell the device to refresh the listing.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">To copy pictures to your Kindle 2 or Kindle DX and be able to view  them, connect your device via USB and create a directory named  “pictures” in the root of the mounted drive.  Create sub-directories  with your pictures in that folder and each sub-directory will show up as  a “book” on your home page on the device.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The Picture Viewer is really slow and clunky which explains why it’s a hidden feature…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I found a tool called <a href="http://foosoft.net/mangle/">Mangle</a> that will reformat pictures to the right size (600&#215;800 for the Kindle 2  and 825&#215;1200 fore the Kindle DX) as well as convert them to grayscale.  This makes loading them quicker and they take up less space on the  device. Mangle is designed for people who like to read Manga (I’m not a  fan personally) but works well enough for just converting pictures.</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Calculator</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In the search box enter simple math formulas (e.g. 2+2) and it will  show you the result of the calculation in the search results.  It  supports basic math &amp; trig functions and you can use parenthesis for  grouping.</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Displaying the Time</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;">On the original Kindle you could display the time by pressing Alt-T.   This no longer works on the Kindle 2 or Kindle DX which really bums me  out.  However, I did discovered that you can enter “@time&#8221; as a search  (see below) and it will display the date &amp; time in a popup.</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Search</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In  any search box you can prefix your search phrase with “@” commands.  To  enter that @ character on the 2 and DX you need to type some other  character first to get the search box to come up and then backspace over  it, then use the SYM key to bring up the symbol menu.</p>
<ul style="text-align:justify;">
<li>@help (searches help)</li>
<li>@web (searches the web using Google…boo! It should use Bing!)</li>
<li>@wiki (searches wikipedia)</li>
<li>@store (searches the Kindle store)</li>
<li>@time (shows the time)</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Run Diagnostics</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;">While in settings:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Type 411 to show diagnostics information.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Type 611 for even more diagnostics (something called a diagnostic data service call)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The original post I read: http://www.kindel.com/blogs/charlie/archive/2009/06/15/kindle-tips-amp-tricks.aspx</p>
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		<title>Sync file to Skydrive using The WebDAV Addresses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia In short steps to do: 1- Get The WebDAV Addresses Of Your SkyDrive of your Skydrive folder by using Skydrivesimpleviewer Free Download from http://skydrivesimpleviewer.codeplex.com/releases/view/39728 2 &#8211; Copy your The WebDAV Addresses for your folder (You may have to log in skydrive first before running Skydrivesimpleviewer to view ur links). 3 &#8211; Right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2050&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_Live_SkyDrive_logo.png"><img title="Windows Live SkyDrive Logo" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/Windows_Live_SkyDrive_logo.png" alt="Windows Live SkyDrive Logo" width="96" height="96" /></a></dt>
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<p>In short steps to do:</p>
<p>1- Get <strong><strong>The WebDAV Addresses Of Your SkyDrive of your Skydrive folder by using S</strong></strong>kydrivesimpleviewer</p>
<p>Free Download from http://skydrivesimpleviewer.codeplex.com/releases/view/39728</p>
<p><strong><strong>2 &#8211; Copy your </strong></strong><strong><strong>The WebDAV Addresses for your folder (You may have to log in skydrive first before running </strong></strong><strong><strong>S</strong></strong>kydrivesimpleviewer to view ur links<strong><strong>).</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>3 &#8211; </strong></strong>Right click on your computer icon on the desktop (or from Start menu), choose Map Network Drive&#8230;</p>
<p>Paste the url to Folder, remove https: and change ALL / to \</p>
<p>If everything&#8217;s Ok, your can see your network right in your Explorer. Your can create a shortcut &#8220;send to&#8221; your Skydrive easily with the  command shell:sendto</p>
<p>You can see the full article how-to with images from <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/upload-sync-files-skydrive-windows-explorer/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p>Another free storing online website:</p>
<p>Google Docs http://docs.google.com</p>
<p><a href="https://my.syncplicity.com/Signup/UserSignup.aspx?plan=free&amp;token=D4NECWTQ" target="_self">Syncplicity</a> (This link is my referral link &#8211; free 2GB, referrals friend to get more GB)</p>
<p>and so on&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Updated on Jan 15, 201: </strong></p>
<p>Other way, you can use  <a href="http://www.cloudstorageexplorer.com/">SDExplorer </a>for your SkyDrive.</p>
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		<title>Self-drying dishware and unplug to save bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Owl &#8211; do good get good</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) I got recently. I named him Kappi. He&#8217;s quite cute and lovely. In the daytime, he just stands on his favourite places and sleep, not moving here and there like the evening time. In Vietnam, people think that these birds bring unlucky or bad things to human.BUT, on the other hand, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2048&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) I got recently. I named him Kappi.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s quite cute and lovely. In the daytime, he just stands on his favourite places and sleep, not moving here and there like the evening time.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5334956497_cb4fabb9f0.jpg" border="0" alt="IMG_0401" width="500" height="375" /></p>
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<p>In Vietnam, people think that these birds bring unlucky or bad things to human.BUT, on the other hand, in the U.S it is the symbol of knowledge. And in Japan and Myanmar, some friends told me that they can bring lucky to the owner.</p>
<p>For me, it is clear that all of these things are just human concepts. The natural rule is that if you do good things, then you will get good results. That&#8217;s it!</p>
<p>May all of you be always successful and be able to do a lot of good things in next new years 2011 and&#8230;!</p>
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		<title>Hanoi &#8211; 2m wide but towering sky-high</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As makers roll out slim versions of Playstation, smart phones, TVs and everything state-of-the-art, Hanoi catches the trend and similarly boasts many slim houses just less than 2m wide but towering sky-high&#8221;.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cuongdang.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4558825&amp;post=2047&amp;subd=cuongdang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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