đŁ Curious Quotes from the Author
âThe reason that most people donât possess these extraordinary physical capabilities isnât because they donât have the capacity for them, but rather because theyâre satisfied to live in the comfortable rut of homeostasis and never do the work that is required to get out of it. They live in the world of âgood enough.â The same thing is true for all the mental activities we engage in,â
âSo here we have purposeful practice in a nutshell: Get outside your comfort zone but do it in a focused way, with clear goals, a plan for reaching those goals, and a way to monitor your progress. Oh, and figure out a way to maintain your motivation.â
âThis is a fundamental truth about any sort of practice: If you never push yourself beyond your comfort zone, you will never improve.â
âYou have to keep upping the ante: run farther, run faster, run uphill. If you donât keep pushing and pushing and pushing some more, the body will settle into homeostasis, albeit at a different level than before, and you will stop improving.â
âThe best way to get past any barrier is to come at it from a different direction, which is one reason it is useful to work with a teacher or coach.â
âEven the most motivated and intelligent student will advance more quickly under the tutelage of someone who knows the best order in which to learn things, who understands and can demonstrate the proper way to perform various skills, who can provide useful feedback, and who can devise practice activities designed to overcome particular weaknesses.â
âConsider this: Most people live lives that are not particularly physically challenging. They sit at a desk, or if they move around, itâs not a lot. They arenât running and jumping, they arenât lifting heavy objects or throwing things long distances, and they arenât performing maneuvers that require tremendous balance and coordination. Thus they settle into a low level of physical capabilitiesâenough for day-to-day activities and maybe even hiking or biking or playing golf or tennis on the weekends, but far from the level of physical capabilities that a highly trained athlete possesses.â
âA world in which deliberate practice is a normal part of life would be one in which people had more volition and satisfaction.â
âThe key to improved mental performance of almost any sort is the development of mental structures that make it possible to avoid the limitations of short-term memory and deal effectively with large amounts of information at once.â
đ Cognition of the Bookâs Big Idea:
Innate talent doesn't have much of an impact on performance. Instead, the secret to excelling in any profession is deliberate practice. You can perfect practically any talent by following a methodical training regimen.
đ ď¸Fixing the Tech Industry
Itâs amazing to me how much coaching is such a big part of sports, but itâs not even thought of in Business and Tech. How are we suppose to elevate our industry if no one shares their knowledge?
đ¤Collaborate with others with this Social Media Prompt:
What is a Skill you want to have and is as simple as practicing it daily?