Lessons on Success and Deliberate Practice From Mozart, Picasso, and Kobe Bryant
Deliberate practice is for everyone who dreams.
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool • Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
The future teachers had practiced four thousand hours in their lifetime. The good performers, eight thousand hours. And those who were categorized as stars? Every single one of them had practiced at least ten thousand hours. And here’s the compelling part: There wasn’t a single violinist who had practiced ten thousand hours who wasn’t a star. In ot
... See morePeter Bregman • 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
Several researchers have found that achieving true expertise requires at least 10,000 hours of deliberate practice over at least ten years. The most crucial ingredient, after motivation itself, is sustained absorbed attention—whether that consists of practicing to improve or actually performing. Small
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy • The Way We're Working Isn't Working
It is a lifetime accumulation of deliberate practice that again and again ends up explaining excellence.
Cal Newport • So Good They Can't Ignore You
