| Description |
xxiii, 307 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"Simultaneously published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliographie |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-293) and index. |
| Dépouillement |
The power of purposeful practice -- Harnessing adaptability -- Mental representations -- The gold standard -- Principles of deliberate practice on the job -- Princples of deliberate practice in everyday life -- The road to extraordinary -- But what about natural talent? -- Where do we go from here? |
| Résumé |
"For the first time in decades of groundbreaking research, the inventor of the 10,000-hour rule explains his techniques for developing mastery of any skill. We live in a world full of people with extraordinary abilities. Consider what Roger Federer can do with a tennis ball, or Connor McDavid with a puck. There are chess grandmasters who can play several dozen different games simultaneously--while blindfolded--and a seemingly unending supply of young musical prodigies who would have astonished aficionados a century ago. We are dramatically better at just about everything than we were just a generation ago. We assume, though, that these peak performers are the lucky ones, the ones with a gift. That's only partly true. The fact is we are all lucky. We all have that gift. As Ericsson's whole career has shown, with the proper practice, we are all capable of extraordinary feats. On the surface, the techniques that chess players use to develop their skills seem quite different from the methods soccer players use |
| ISBN |
9780670068760 (bound) |
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