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Hello, hello word nerds!

I\\u2019m so excited to share today\\u2019s DIY MFA Radio episode with you! I\\u2019m speaking with Anders Ericsson and his co-author Robert Pool about their new book Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise\\xa0(affiliate link).

Anders Ericsson is a Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University, where he studies how people become experts in various fields like music, chess, nursing, law enforcement and sports.\\xa0More important, he looks at how expert performers achieve excellence by acquiring specific, complex cognitive mechanisms\\u2013ways of training their brain\\u2013through extended, deliberate practice. Today we\\u2019re going to talk about how writers can use similar techniques to improve their craft and take our writing from average to awesome.

Robert Pool is a nonfiction writer specializing in science and technology and has worked as staff for both Science and Nature. He is the author of three previous books before co-authoring this one with Anders Ericsson.

In this episode Anders, Robert, and I discuss:

• The biggest myths about talent.
• How to beef\\xa0up your brain.
• The ceiling of achievement.
• The components of deliberate practice.

Plus, Anders\\u2019 and Robert\\u2019s \\xa0#1 tip for writers.

For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/089