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The problem with Deliberate practice

The more banal and ordinary a habit is the less likely we are to think about how to deliberately practice it

But deliberate practice applies to all habits no matter how big or small they are.

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Get creative with your practice

Sometimes your task is so mundane and so far away from being what is normally considered a skill that it’s hard to figure out how to practice it at all; so you have to get creative.

For example, to wake up early without hitting snooze, you should practice waking up. During the day...

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Deliberate practice

Deliberate practice

It is a focused attempt to improve at a task that “also involves the provision of immediate feedback, time for problem‐solving and evaluation, and opportunities for repeated performance to refine behavior."

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Seek practice over immediate gratification

"If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again” is a popular saying but, to count as truly helpful advice, it should say: "If at first you don’t succeed, practice, practice, practice, and then try, try, again”

Building habits is a long-term game, there's no immediate fix.

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Practice produces greatness

Some of the greatest artists, innovators, and athletes of all time became great because of their commitment to practice, not their commitment to seeing immediate results.

Kobe Bryant, for example, was well-known for starting his practice routine as early as 4 AM and refusi...

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Limitations of deliberate practice

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

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Most people do not consume content deliberately. They just click on whatever moves through their feed.

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Deliberate practice takes time

  • 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.
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