Peak：Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Forthefirsttimeindecadesofgroundbreakingresearch，theinventorofthe10，000-hourruleexplainshistechniquesfordevelopingmasteryofanyskillWeliveinaworldfullofpeoplewithextraordinaryabilities.ConsiderwhatRogerFederercandowithatennisball，orConnorMcDavidwithapuck.Therearechessgrandmasterswhocanplayseveraldozendifferentgamessimultaneously--whileblindfolded--andaseeminglyunendingsupplyofyoungmusicalprodigieswhowouldhaveastonishedaficionadosacenturyago.Wearedramaticallybetteratjustabouteverythingthanwewerejustagenerationago.Weassume，though，thatthesepeakperformersaretheluckyones，theoneswithagift.That'sonlypartlytrue.Thefactiswearealllucky.Weallhavethatgift.AsEricsson'swholecareerhasshown，withtheproperpractice，weare"all"capableofextraordinaryfeats.Onthesurface，thetechniquesthatchessplayersusetodeveloptheirskillsseemquitedifferentfromthemethodssoccerplayersusetoperfecttheirgames，whichinturnseemquitedifferentfromhowpianistsimprovetheirplaying.Butatadeeperlevel，theyareallvariationsonasinglefundamentalapproachtolearning，whatEricsson，aworld-renownedresearcher，hasnamed"deliberatepractice":asimple，yetpowerfulsystemforenhancinglearning.Thisapproachtoexpertisehasthepotentialtorevolutionizehowwethinkabouteverysortofeducationandtraining.Wearenotlimitedbyanendowmentofnaturaltalent.Wecreateourownlimits.Whetheryouwanttostepupyourgameatworkorontheweekend，orhelpyourkidachieveathleticoracademicgoals，Ericsson'srevolutionarymethodswillshowyouhowtomasteralmostanything."