The New Dan Plan is inspired by the original Dan Plan, begun in 2010 by Dan McLaughlin, who attempted to reach the professional level through 10,000 hours of practice. He left the journey at 6,000 hours.
 

Now the torch is being passed to a new Dan, picking it up where he left off; to find out if a normal guy, with a job, a family, and a lot of questions, can go further.