Investing Time in Deliberate Practice

• Deliberate practice tends to fast track progress, but truly mastering a skill is a lifelong process.
• There are no examples of people labelled as prodigies that did not put in enormous amounts of deliberate practice.
• Creative genius tends to come after ten...

The term "deliberate practice" is mostly attributed to Karl Anders Ericsson, an influential figure in the field of performance psychology. Deliberate practice turns amateurs into professionals. It creates top performers in any field.

Doing something regularly but mindlessl...

Deliberate practice is more complex and nuanced than we like to believe.

• Deliberate practice is necessary but insufficient. Once you reach a high level for any skill, everyone at that level is engaging in a lot of deliberate practice. Then more luck and randomness, i...