Practice Does Make Perfect: The Value of Deliberate Practice
Florida State University researcher K. Anders Ericsson is best known for his work as the expert on expertise, studying top performers in fields as diverse as medicine, athletics, chess and music. Ericsson set out to find out what makes some people the “best of the best.”
What he has discovered may contradict everything you have come to believe about exceptional performance, and may even make you wonder about your supposedly inborn strengths. Debunking the conventional wisdom, showing that those at the top of their fields are made, not born, Ericsson’s work opens the door for a new understanding about how individuals become “tops.”
Here are some important findings that can inform the ways we understand amazing performances. Also see previous articles from various authors on this site covering the following topics:
1. The best performers practice the most. Good performers practice only 20% of the time that top performers do, regardless of talent or ability. Without practice, Tiger Woods is only a very good player.
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