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Peak (International Edition) : Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

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From the world's reigning expert on expertisecomes a powerful new approach to mastering almost any skill.

Have you ever wanted to learn a language or pick up an instrument, only to become too daunted by the task at hand? Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career studyingchess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens.Peakcondenses three decades of original research to introduce an incredibly powerful approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring a skill.
Ericsson's findings have been lauded and debated, but never properly explained. So the idea of expertise still intimidates us we believe we need innate talent to excel, or think excelling seems prohibitively difficult.
Peakbelies both of these notions, proving that almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us it's just a question of nurturing them by reducing expertise to a discrete series of attainable practices. Peakoffers invaluable, often counterintuitive, advice on setting goals, getting feedback, identifying patterns, and motivating yourself. Whether you want to stand out at work, or help your kid achieve academic goals, Ericsson's revolutionary methods will show you how to master nearly anything.

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Product Details
Mariner Books
054480970X / 9780544809703
Paperback
05/04/2016
United States
English
336 pages
152 x 229 mm, 408 grams