Peak

Robert Pool and Anders Ericsson

Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

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Discussion Questions:

Do you have an example from your own life that lends support to the book’s thesis?
What skill do you personally seek to get better at?
After reading the summary, how would you change the way you have been practicing the skill?
What does “deliberate practice” entail?
What are some of the ways in which you can sustain
motivation long-term?

Take away:

Do inherited traits or hard work set high performers apart? Simply putting in the hours and working hard on a skill won’t automatically improve your performance, explain psychologist Anders Ericsson and co-author Robert Pool. High performance is not just about practice. It is about the “right sort of practice.”

“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.”

Robert Pool and Anders Ericsson
Authors – Peak

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Peak

Robert Pool and Anders Ericsson

Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

STEP 1

STEP 2

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Discussion Questions:

Take away:

“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.”

How to Cultivate Grit

Learning and Memory

Peak

Robert Pool and Anders Ericsson

Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

Discussion Questions:

Take away:

“Get outside your comfort zone butdo it in a focused way, with cleargoals, a plan for reaching thosegoals and a way to monitor yourprogress.”

How to Cultivate Grit

Learning and Memory

“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.”