Experts on Expertise — Practice Makes Perfect

…the key to dramatic improvement in any field is — that’s right — practice. But, it has to be what Ericsson calls “.”

“A lot of people like to do things that they’re already good at, but what deliberate practice says is you need to find those things that you are weak at and that there’s room for improvement and that’s the activity you should focus on,” Ericsson says.

Step 1: Determine the weaknesses you want to work on.

Step 2: Get my practice schedule.

Step 3: Practice.

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