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As Ericsson writes: ‘And this, more than anything else is the lesson that people should take away from all these stories and all this research: There is no reason not to follow your dream. Deliberate practice can open the door to a world of possibilities that you may have been convinced were out of reach. Open that door.’21 If you scratch the
... See moreBec Evans, Chris Smith, • Written
Power of One: Pick one and only one skill at a time to develop.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
the virtuous circle rules: honing the skill improves mental representation, and mental representation helps hone the skill.
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool • Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
According to Ericsson, what we call expertise is really just “vast amounts of knowledge, pattern-based retrieval, and planning mechanisms acquired over many years of experience in the associated domain.” In other words, a great memory isn’t just a by-product of expertise; it is the essence of expertise.
Joshua Foer • Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Henrik Karlsson • Childhoods of Exceptional People
quivers. Conversely, whenever we need to learn, and learn fast, we can rely on them to optimize our efforts. These pillars are: Attention, which amplifies the information we focus on. Active engagement, an algorithm also called “curiosity,” which encourages our brain to ceaselessly test new hypotheses. Error feedback, which compares our predictions
... See moreStanislas Dehaene • How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
‘To effectively practice a skill without a teacher,’ writes Ericsson, ‘it helps to keep in mind three Fs: Focus. Feedback. Fix it. Break the skill down into components that you can do repeatedly and analyze effectively, determine your weaknesses, and figure out ways to address them.’20 Practising
