Deliberate Practice Leads to Success
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Do you want to be a great runner? \\xa0Do you want to perform at your best? \\xa0In Malcom Gladwell\'s best-selling book, Outliers - The Story of Success, we are introduced to the 10,000 hour rule. \\xa0Gladwell explains that we can become an expert at something\\xa0if we do it\\xa0for 10,000 hours. \\xa0This is based on research done by clinical psychologist, Anders Ericsson. \\xa0Anders expands on this theory by saying that the 10,000 hours must be done with deliberate practice. \\xa0TRN\'s\\xa0East Coast Executive Producer,\\xa0Andy Jones-Wilkins\\xa0\\xa0joins The Nation with Magdalena Boulet\\xa0discuss the idea of deliberate practice and how we can become much better by following its simple rules:
- Set good goals
- Break things down to simple movements and practice them with purpose
- Push yourself out of your comfort zone
- Get feedback
AJW\'s article on Deliberate Practice
Anders Ericsson\'s book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Great podcast: Freakenomics - How to Become Great at Just About Anything
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