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Ten Thousand Hours

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Aug 21, 2026
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They say it takes 10,000 hours to master a thing. I clocked all of those hours at the clearance rack.

I started at eight, and I never really stopped. By the time I was grown I could walk into a store, sweep the whole floor in about four seconds, and go straight to the one rack that mattered while everyone else drifted toward the front tables. I learned i…

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