Sublime

Sprinting is a fine strategy for a young genius, but becoming an old master requires the patience of experimentation to run a marathon. Both are paths to creativity. Yet for those of us who aren’t struck by a bolt of insight, slow and steady experimentation can light the way to a longer stretch of originality.

“Repetition is the key to learning.”

Another key motivational factor in deliberate practice is a belief that you can succeed.

The Talent Code,

As the story of Tetris illustrates, improvement depends on more than just talent or tenacity. There are three factors that determine how much we learn:

It rises from thousands of hours of what Anders Ericsson calls sustained deliberate practice.

In nearly every biography of great geniuses and contemporary ultralearners I have encountered, some form of retrieval practice is mentioned.

The secret to improving at a skill is to retain some degree of conscious control over it while practicing—to force oneself to stay out of autopilot.

“The expert performer,” says Ericsson, “actively counteracts such tendencies toward automaticity by deliberately constructing and seeking out training in which the set goal exceeds their current level of performance.” Moreover, “The more time expert performers are able to invest in deliberate practice with full concentration, the further developed