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“This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.” —Seth Godin, author of Linchpin “Most ‘important’ books aren’t much fun to read. Most fun books aren’t very important. But with Peak, Anders Ericsson (with great work from Robert Pool) has hit the daily double. After all, who among us doesn’t want to learn how to get better at life? A remarkable distillation of a remarkable lifetime of work.” —Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics “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, author of Moonwalking with Einstein “The science of excellence can be divided into two eras: before Ericsson and after Ericsson. His groundbreaking work, captured in this brilliantly useful book, provides us with a blueprint for achieving the most important and life-changing work possible: to become a little bit better each day.” —Dan Coyle, author of The Talent Code “Wonderful. I can’t think of a better book for a popular audience written on any topic in psychology.” —Daniel Willigham, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and author of Why Don’t Students Like School? “[Peak] offers an optimistic anti-determinism that ought to influence how people educate children, manage employees, and spend their time. The good news is that to excel one need only look within.” – The Economist “All good leaders want to get better, and anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all of us can apply the principles of great performance in our work or in any other part of our lives.” – Fortune “This is an empowering, encouraging work that will challenge readers to reach for excellence.” —Publishers Weekly “[Ericsson] makes a strong case that success in today’s world requires a focus on practical performance, not just the accumulation of information. Especially informative for parents and educators in preparing children for the challenges ahead.” —Kirkus Reviews —
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K. ANDERS ERICSSON, PhD, is Conradi Eminent Scholar and professor of psychology at Florida State University. He studies expert performance in domains such as music, chess, medicine, and sports. His groundbreaking work has been cited in bestsellers from Moonwalking with Einstein to Outliers to How Children Succeed. He lives in Florida.
ROBERT POOL, PhD, is a science writer living and working in Tallahassee, Florida. He has worked at some of the world’s most prestigious science publications, including Science and Nature, and his work has appeared in many others, including Discover and Technology Review. He has written three books, including Eve’s Rib: Searching for the Biological Roots of Sex Differences and Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology.
ROBERT POOL, PhD, is a science writer living and working in Tallahassee, Florida. He has worked at some of the world’s most prestigious science publications, including Science and Nature, and his work has appeared in many others, including Discover and Technology Review. He has written three books, including Eve’s Rib: Searching for the Biological Roots of Sex Differences and Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and engaging
This is a thought-provoking, engaging book. I was totally expecting a dry book, but it opens immediately with a story. I was hooked. And then gobsmacked. This book exceeded my expectations. Definitely lays out details of practicing In a way I'd never quite considered.I recommend this and also, the audio version on spotify.
5.0 out of 5 stars Get the Full Story of Ericsson's Research from Ericsson Himself
Let’s cut right to the chase on this one. If you’ve read anything about Ericsson’s work, especially the concept of “deliberate practice,” and you want to understand it, you should buy and read Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise at least a couple of times.The fact is that most of the stuff out there about Ericsson’s work is incomplete and imprecise. I think we have Ericsson to blame for most of that.Most commentators have based their understanding and perceptions on Ericsson’s interviews and academic writing. Those were sometimes works in progress and sometimes incomplete, but this book is different. This time, Ericsson used a professional writer, Robert Pool. I’m biased, of course, since I do the same kind of work that Pool does, but I think his participation in the book makes the book more comprehensive, more coherent, and more understandable.The book begins with a review of things we’ve been learning from psychologists for the last 20 years or so. It’s all about how the brain isn’t a fixed thing but is very plastic and changes based on experience. Ericsson outlines his part in some of the research that’s led us to the “plasticity” conclusion.The message is clear. Despite what you may have learned growing up (as I did), abilities and talents are not generally fixed at birth. We can improve our performance in almost any area if we work at it. But wait, there’s more.It’s not enough to just work at it. Simply practicing your golf swing over and over will not make you a better golfer. There are specific ways to improve, and Ericsson presents us with two of them.“Purposeful practice” is the first one. That’s a term you may not have become familiar with from other people’s writings about Ericsson’s work. Ericsson sums up purposeful practice this way.“So, here we have purposeful practice in a nutshell: get outside your comfort zone but do it in a focused way, with clear goals, a plan for reaching those goals, and a way to monitor your progress. Oh, and figure out a way to maintain your motivation.”Deliberate practice is a subset of purposeful practice. Deliberate practice requires two things. First, it must be part of a field in which excellent performance has been observed and delineated and, second, there must be teachers who can provide practice activities designed to help the student improve performance. That’s a fairly limited range of domains.Ericsson is very clear that you can only do true deliberate practice in a few fields. He’s talking about musical performance, chess, dance, gymnastics and other similar domains. In other words, if you’re in those domains get an expert teacher and don’t try this at home. What if you’re not, though?Don’t despair. If you’re a manager or a practitioner of some other kind of field and you’d like to get better with some kind of purposeful practice, this book has a lot of guidance about how to do it well. I’ll speak about business managers because that’s the group that I write for.Let’s say that you’re a business manager and you want to get really good at what you do. Ericsson says you should start with good “mental representations.” Mental representations are a key to getting things right if you’re not in a field where you can do deliberate practice. Here’s how it works.In the beginning, you need to learn what effective work looks like. That matches what I’ve found in research into great bosses. Most of them had a boss early in their career who was an excellent role model. In other words, they could see from their first boss or two what good work looked like.It helps if you get regular feedback from people who know more than you do about the craft. That’s one reason I encourage companies and managers to create peer support groups. Once the role models and feedback have given you a good idea of what good performance is, you can set up systems where you give yourself feedback.Again, my own experience supports Ericsson’s assertions. In training, we would first have people develop an idea of what being a good boss looks like based on their personal experience of working for one. For the rest of the time we had together, we would keep referring back to that model. As we came to the end of the training, we would talk about what Ericsson would call “purposeful practice.” We’d discuss how you can grade your own performance.That’s necessary because a manager’s most important work doesn’t have immediate feedback. The results show up down the road. So you have to have your own, more timely, feedback based on your mental model of great performance.Bottom LineMany writers have attempted to explain the implications of Anders Ericsson’s concept of deliberate practice. In Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise you’ll learn that deliberate practice is a subset of purposeful practice. You learn that true deliberate practice is limited to a very specific list of disciplines. Most important, you also learn how you can apply the principles of purposeful practice to just about any domain where you want to improve your performance. This book is worth buying and reading, more than once, as you apply the lessons of purposeful practice to your own life, work, and career.
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book that dispels some prevalent notions about expertise.
I ordered this book because it was mentioned by Angela Duckworth, a noted researcher in the area of grit, as one of the influences on her work. The aim of this book is to discuss how experts, including those who reach the edges of what is possible and become top performers in their area, develop their amazing abilities. The book has a lot of examples from the real world, including some famous historical figures such as Mozart and Ben Franklin as well as examples from the author's research. The basic conclusion is that there notions such as IQ and natural talent play a minimal part in the achievement of expertise. The author has discovered that what he calls deliberate practice is almost always responsible for producing high levels of success and competency. This book is extremely interesting and it appears to be based on legitimate research. It can be helpful not only in dispelling mistaken notions about what produces expertise, but also in helping those who which to achieve high levels of expertise design a program to get to that point. My only small issue with the book is that in some cases, the examples become a bit repetitive or long and so interesting chapters can become a bit tedious by the end. This isn't a huge issue since the book is well written in general, but I had a bit of a harder time getting through it than I might have expected. Those who are interested in this topic from a scientific point of view will probably have more than enough motivation to get through it. I could imagine that casual readers who are looking for a succinct guide to improving their expertise could get a bit bogged down.
5.0 out of 5 stars Not a Science Book
Just read it if you want to improve at pretty much anything. Lots of studies, easy reading. Great stuff.
Muy bueno
Se exponen casos de éxito desde distintos escenarios y queda muy clara la recomendación de lo necesario para convertirse en experto
PeaKED
Uma jóia. Cheio de de informações bem fundamentadas em pesquisas. E o mais legal, aplicável !
Frustratingly Repetitive
I’ve never seen an author disrespect himself or his life's work like this by writing a book in such an ugly fashion. It’s as if he was handed an assignment to hit a certain page count with an exact word quota. Otherwise, why would he keep repeating himself within a single paragraph? Why keep making the same banal statements over and over again on a single page? It’s like he’s on a mission to bore his readers into submission.
FORMIDABLE ET ÉDIFIANT
C'est fascinant de voir comment "PEAK: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" remet en question le concept du talent inné en faveur de l'acquisition de compétences grâce à la pratique délibérée. Les preuves solides présentées par l'auteur, Anders Ericsson, donnent une perspective totalement nouvelle sur la façon dont nous pouvons devenir des experts dans n'importe quel domaine.L'une des choses les plus convaincantes dans ce livre est la méthode d'apprentissage optimale développée par Ericsson, basée sur ses propres recherches approfondies sur l'expertise. Cette méthode offre un cadre clair et structuré pour quiconque souhaite améliorer ses compétences et atteindre un niveau d'excellence. En se concentrant sur la pratique délibérée, il montre que l'amélioration continue est possible et que la maîtrise d'un domaine ne dépend pas simplement de dons naturels.L'approche scientifique d'Ericsson est admirable, car il appuie ses affirmations par une solide base de recherches et d'études de cas. En lisant ce livre, j'ai été impressionné par la rigueur avec laquelle il démystifie les mythes courants sur l'expertise et fournit des exemples concrets pour étayer ses arguments.De plus, "PEAK" offre une grande inspiration et une motivation pour ceux qui aspirent à atteindre un niveau supérieur dans leur domaine. Il démontre que l'expertise n'est pas réservée à une élite, mais qu'elle peut être acquise par tous ceux qui sont prêts à investir du temps, de l'effort et de la détermination.En résumé, "PEAK: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" est un livre captivant et convaincant qui remet en question nos croyances sur le talent inné et présente une approche fondée sur des preuves pour développer notre expertise. C'est un guide précieux pour tous ceux qui cherchent à exceller dans leur domaine en adoptant une approche de pratique délibérée.
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