Title:
Peak : secrets from the new science of expertise / Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool.
ISBN:
9780544456235
9780544809703
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 307 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"An Eamon Dolan book."
Includes index.
Contents:
The power of purposeful practice -- Harnessing adaptability -- Mental representations -- The gold standard -- Principles of deliberate practice on the job -- Principles of deliberate practice in everyday life -- The road to extraordinary -- But what about natural talent? -- Where to we go from here?
Summary:
Draws on the examples of chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens to outline a powerful approach to learning that enables proficiency through strategic goal setting, self-motivation, and feedback exercises.
Almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us-- it's just a question of nurturing them by reducing expertise to a discrete series of attainable practices. Ericsson and Pool introduce an incredibly powerful approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring a skill, and offer invaluable, often counterintuitive, advice on setting goals, getting feedback, identifying patterns, and motivating yourself.
OCLC Number:
ocn913923802
Availability:
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