Summary of Peak: by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool | Includes Analysis

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Secrets from the New Science of Expertise offers practical, evidence-based insight into what creates top performers and experts across a wide range of disciplines. There is no such thing as a natural prodigy. Even children who display seemingly advanced abilities owe their skills to many hours of practice and effort. Mozart, for example, the quintessential child prodigy, was likely the product of a very early, immersive education in music as prescribed by his father, who was also a musician. This type of purposeful effort aimed at developing expert ability is called “deliberate practice.” Mozart was indeed young when he first demonstrated his superior abilities. But he already had several years of deliberate practice-based music education under his belt by the time he was even six or seven years old and thrilling audiences around Europe. The expectation that a child or a novice should show exceptional early abilities in order…       ·      Overview of the Book ·      Important People ·      Key Takeaways ·      Analysis of Key Takeaways   With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.  

26 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 3, 2016

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Reviews

[Jared Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" offers insight into what makes some players the cream of the crop, the pinnacle of greatness. No one is born with expertise, and while some have talent they have to push themselves to greatness and mastery of their art. 1000 hours is true about anything.

This Instaread review of "Peak" made the book come alive to me. I was better able to understand how to push myself to the limit, how to achieve greatness, and how to perfect my talents. Instaread condenses a thick tome into a small pamphlet. Instead of trudging through hundreds of pages to catalog all the research into greatness, you can just skim this leaflet. Not only that, but this extended blog post was insightful and meaningful, resonating with me on a deeper level. I highly recommend!

I was given a copy of this book to review.

[Charles Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Experts are made through hours of concentrated, deliberate practice, not born. This is the theory of Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool in their book, Peak. While some people are born with the latent ability, it’s only after they engage in deliberate practice that they really rise to the level of expert.
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