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Challenging the notion that talent is innate.
Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly are the two key book review sites. Peak has been reviewed on both. Check out this review on Kirkus Reviews, which touts Peak as being "Especially informative for parents and educators in preparing children for the challenges ahead."
Psychologist Ericsson (The Road to Excellence) and science writer Pool (Beyond Engineering) skillfully examine the eternal debate of nature vs. nurture with this thoughtful treatise
Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews are the two key book review sites. Peak has been reviewed on both. Check out this glowing review by Publishers Weekly, which heralds Peak as being "an empowering, encouraging work that will challenge readers to reach for excellence."
In just our fourth session together, Steve was already beginning to sound discouraged. It was Thursday of the first week of an experiment…
A long excerpt of Peak was published in Nautilus Magazine, with permission from our publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Nautilus is an extremely popular publication that describes itself as “a different kind of science magazine. We are science, philosophy, and culture connected, offering a new perspective on human uniqueness and our universe — all beautifully illustrated. Each month, we explore a single topic from various scientific disciplines, pairing award-winning journalists with illustrators to create features that are unlike any other science journalism — fascinating, inspired, and innovative. Nautilus publishes online and print long-form features, as well as a blog.”
The Peak excerpt printed by Nautilus has proven so popular that it has been linked to numerous blogs, publications, and web sites and has been shared and re-shared on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc. One such site – The Net Economy – found Peak so relevant to so many fields that their Peak excerpt entry was posted in “Broadband, Business, Economic development, Economy, Education, How to, Leadership, Net and tagged Business improvement, Industrial economy, Internet, Jobs, Leadership, Organization, Productivity, and Skill.”
What if the thing we call “talent” is grotesquely overrated? And what if deliberate practice is the secret to excellence? Those are the claims of the research psychologist Anders Ericsson, who has been studying the science of expertise for decades. He tells us everything he’s learned.
Stephen J. Dubner, famous as the writer half of the duo that produced Freakonomics (along with economist Steven Levitt), has just published a wonderful podcast on freakonomics.com about the power of deliberate practice. The podcast mentions and relies heavily on ideas and quotes from Peak and includes an extensive interview with Peak co-author Anders Ericsson. Visit the site to listen to the podcast or read an abbreviated transcript.
Power Sheet - April 4, 2016
Fortune loves our book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise! In their Power Sheet Lessons for Leaders in the Week Ahead, Fortune highly recommends Peak, stressing: “All good leaders want to get better, and anyone who wants to get better at anything should read a new book…called Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool.” The review concludes with one of Peak’s uplifting takeaway messages – that “people in every area of human endeavor are constantly finding ways to get better, to raise the bar on what was thought to be possible, and there is no sign that this will stop. The horizons of human potential are expanding with each new generation.”
Yes, it takes effort to be an expert. But Gladwell based 10,000-hour rule in part on our work, and misunderstood
Our adapted excerpt from our book -- Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise -- was published in the popular online magazine Salon, and it quickly became one of the magazine’s most read articles. Read this for valuable insights into deliberate practice and to see the ways in which Gladwell misunderstood and misrepresented our work when he came up with his so-called 10,000 hour rule. In other words, his rule is not really a rule. In fact, it's wrong.
Having studied the best of the best in many different fields, [Ericsson] has found that top achievers tend to follow the same general pattern of development. They develop strategies for consciously keeping out of the autonomous stage while they practice by doing three things: focusing on their technique, staying goal-oriented, and getting constant and immediate feedback on their performance. In other words, they force themselves to stay in the “cognitive phase.”
Foer, J. 2011. Moonwalking with Einstein. The art and science of remembering everything. Pg. 171. The Penguin Press. NY. (via ericinglert)
This is a great excerpt from Foer’s book. He gave us a great blurb for our own recently published book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise -- “Ericsson’s research has revolutionized how we think about human achievement. He has found that what separates the best of us from the rest is not innate talent but simply the right kind of training and practice. If everyone would take the lessons of this book to heart, it could truly change the world.” –Joshua Foer
What’s so magical about solitude? In many fields, Ericsson told me, it’s only when you’re alone that you can engage in Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are just out of your reach, strive to upgrade your performance, monitor your progress, and revise accordingly. Practice sessions that fall short of this standard are not only less useful–they’re counterproductive. They reinforce existing cognitive mechanisms instead of improving them. Deliberate Practice is best conducted alone for several reasons. It takes intense concentration, and other people can be distracting. It requires deep motivation, often self-generated. But most important, it involves working on a task that’s most challenging to you personally.
Susan Cain, Quiet (via andrew-howie)
We’re always happy to see that deliberate practice is a trending topic because it truly is a game changer. A key takeaway from our recent book on this subject -- Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson, the world’s reigning expert on expertise (i.e., the scientist who discovered and named deliberate practice) and renowned science writer Robert Pool -- is that we are not born with fixed potential but instead have the power, through deliberate practice, to create our own potential. That’s why we have coined the new phrase “Deliberate Practice = Create Your Potential.” Create. Your. Potential.
More words of wisdom from Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool, co-authors of Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. -- Images from Education Week, which published an extended interview with both authors, with Peak prominently featured.
In his new book Peak: Secrets of the New Science of Expertise, K. Anders Ericsson proposes that almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us—it’s just a question of nurturing them via deliberate practice. What is deliberate practice? via Pocket
Thrilled to see all the chatter about our new book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise!
Gabriela interviews Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool about the art of deliberate practice and their new book Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise.
Peak co-authors Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool were interviewed by Gabriela Pereira for a podcast on her website DIY MFA, which is devoted to helping writers improve their craft. View the podcast for more details.
A critical review of Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool. New York: HMH Books, 2016
A review of Peak appeared on golfperform.com. Dr. Fran Pirozzolo concludes his glowing review by stating: "Peak will captivate any reader who is fascinated by the minds of extraordinary performers. Peak describes in vivid detail the obsessive mission that Ericsson has been on for nearly four decades to answer one of the most interesting and compelling questions in all of human history: How does one achieve greatness?" Dr. Pirozzolo is an author and a licensed consulting psychologist who has worked with many of the world’s top athletes and is currently the Mental Skills Coach for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. Dr. Pirozzolo was the Mental Skills Coach for the New York Yankees from 1996 - 2002, winning 4 World Championships. Dr. Pirozzolo has also worked with the Houston Astros, the Detroit Tigers, for the NFL’s Houston Texans, and for the Heavyweight Champion of the World, Evander Holyfield, among others. Dr. Pirozzolo has published 14 books and over 250 scientific and popular articles.
Words of wisdom from Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool, Peak Deliberate Practice collaborators and co-authors of Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. -- Image from Education Week, which published an extended interview with both authors, with Peak prominently featured.
That moment when mind and spirit take flight stands apart from normal life.
One of the most satisfying mentions of our book was in The New York Times by that paper’s influential columnist David Brooks. He described Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise as “an informative new book” and aptly summarized our message as “downplay[ing] the importance of native-born genius (even in people like Mozart) and emphasiz[ing] the importance of deliberate practice—painstaking exercises to perfect some skill.”
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The influential magazine The Economist has a nice review of "Peak." In particular, it says that the book offers “an optimistic anti-determinism that ought to influence how people educate children, manage employees and spend their time.”
http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21695852-white-collar-improvement-getting-most-out-ones-self
#PeakTheBook #DeliberatePracticed #Expertise #ExpertPerformance #SecretsFromTheNewScienceOfExpertise
"Peak" is a game changing book that is a must-read for people from all walks of life and with virtually any career or aspiration -- psychology and behavioral science, sports, business, education, etc. -- so it's no surprise that "Peak" is being talked about, reviewed, and included on recommended reading lists in such a wide variety of fields. Here, thepsychreport.com includes "Peak" on its list of "Behavioral Science Books to Look Out for in the First Half of 2016." #peakthebook #deliberate practice #expertise #expertperformance
http://thepsychreport.com/books/behavioral-science-books-to-look-out-for-in-the-first-half-of-2016/
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has scheduled an April 5, 2016 publication release of the most recent collaboration between K. Anders Ericsson, Ph.D. -- the world's reigning expert on expertise, who coined the phrase deliberate practice and has researched the field for more than three decades -- and Robert Pool, Ph.D., world-renowned science and technology writer.
