Deliberate Practice
That's my first record in this notepad. Indeed, it's my first interaction in the iTalki's community. So, to start in great shape, I'd like to share my thoughts about a book that I recently read, it's called "Peak - secrets from the new science of expertise", by Anders Ericsson et al. Basically, it talks about "deliberate practice" (that's the reason behind the title of the post), which is defined by the author (but in my words) as a way of practice that aims high performance. In other words, it's the way used by virtually every sucessful people. His studies began with violinists in a very prestigious music academy in Germany, going through many other areas and people (such as Mozart). His findings guided him in the sense that becoming a world class champion is not a matter of talent, but of effort. However, a very specific way of effort. In a nutshell, deliberate practice has the following principles:
1 - You need to get out of your comfort zone when doing your practice;
2 - Do your practice in a focused way, with specific goals in mind;
3 - Have a plan for how you will attain your goals;
4 - Find a way to get feedback and monitor your progress;
5 - Use the best strategies available in your quest. Hire an experienced coach or teacher, if possible;
6 - Find a way to keep yourself motivated through this process.
It's not difficult to see why it works. Even before I read the book, sometimes I had applied some of the principles pertaining it. And I have to say that I really got good at what I was doing. From getting my driver's license to scoring 100% in a shoot's test (at the police academy), every time that I focused on getting out of my comfort zone (you do that by focusing on your weaknesses) and kept practicing until I be better, after a while I was doing it almost perfectly. I hope that you reading this little article can have the same benefits I'm already getting. If you're still not convinced, read the book and find it by youself. Don't forget to let me know what you think about my writings or the book. :)
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Deliberate Practice
That's my first record in this notepad. Indeed, it's my first interaction in the iTalki's community. So, to start in great shape, I'd like to share my thoughts about a book that I recently read, it's called "Peak - secrets from the new science of expertise", by Anders Ericsson et al. Basically, it talks about "deliberate practice" (that's the reason behind the title of the post), which is defined by the author (but in my words) as a way of practice that aims for high performance. In other words, it's the way used by virtually every allsucessful people. His studies began with violinists in a very prestigious music academy in Germany, going through many other areas and people (such as Mozart). His findings guided him in the sense that becoming a world class champion is not a matter of talent, but of effort. However, a very specific way of effort. In a nutshell, deliberate practice has the following principles:1 - You need to get out of your comfort zone when doing your practice;
2 - Do your practice in a focused way, with specific goals in mind;
3 - Have a plan for how you will attain your goals;
4 - Find a way to get feedback and monitor your progress;
5 - Use the best strategies available in your quest. Hire an experienced coach or teacher, if possible;
6 - Find a way to keep yourself motivated through this process.
It's not difficult to see why it works. Even before I read the book, sometimes I had applied some of the principles pertaining to it. And I have to say that I really got good at what I was doing. From getting my driver's license to scoring 100% in a shoot'singtest (at the police academy), every time that I focused on getting out of my comfort zone (you do that by focusing on your weaknesses) and kept practicing until I became better, after a while I was doing it almost perfectly. I hope that you reading this little article can have the same benefits I'm already getting. If you're still not convinced, read the book and find it by youself. Don't forget to let me know what you think about my writings or the book. :)
Your writing is very good; better than most native English speakers.
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Deliberate Practice
That's my first essay in this online-"notebook". Actually, it's my first interaction in the iTalki's community. So, to start in great shape, I'd like to share my thoughts about a book that I recently read, it's called "Peak - secrets from the new science of expertise", by Anders Ericsson et al. Basically, it talks about "deliberate practice" (that's the reason behind the title of the post), which is defined by the author (but in my words) as a way of practice(to practice what? I think you need to put something here) that aims (to achieve) high performance. In other words, it's the way used by virtually every sucessful people (again, for what purpose? The way sucessful people use the internet to achieve high performance?). His studies began with violinists in a very prestigious music academy in Germany, going through many other areas and people (such as Mozart). His findings guided him in the sense that becoming a world class champion is not a matter of talent, but of effort. However, i't's a very specific way of effort. In a nutshell, deliberate practice has the following principles:1 - You need to get out of your comfort zone when doing your practice;
2 - Do your practice in a focused way, with specific goals in mind;
3 - Have a plan for how you will attain your goals;
4 - Find a way to get feedback and monitor your progress;
5 - Use the best strategies available in your quest. Hire an experienced coach or teacher, if possible;
6 - Find a way to keep yourself motivated through this process.
It's not difficult to see why it works. Even before I read the book, sometimes I had (already) applied some of the principles pertaining it. And I have to say that I really got good at what I was doing. From getting my driver's license to scoring 100% in a shoot's test (at the police academy), every time that I focused on getting out of my comfort zone (you do that by focusing on your weaknesses) and kept practicing it until I got better, after a while I was doing it almost perfectly. I hope that you reading this little article can have the same benefits I'm already getting from deliberate practice. If you're still not convinced, read the book and find out by youself. Don't forget to let me know what you think about my writings or the book. :)
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About or essay on the book, it's very nice, I'm not native in English but I have experience teaching it etc. I just wanted to explain a little thing to you that I learned when I was in exchange program of my host-mother
Sometimes you write a phrase and you don't precise neither the object nor the subject.
When we say: Do you like chocolate? I used to answer: I like!
My host-mother insisted that I always should say: I like IT,
So do that when you write or speak english :) hope it helps.
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