Anders Ericsson. (2016). Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. HarperCollins.

Anders Ericsson. 2016. Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise. HarperCollins.

Anders Ericsson, Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise. HarperCollins, 2016.

Anders Ericsson. Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise. HarperCollins, 2016.

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   • bioText: K. ANDERS ERICSSON, PhD, is Conradi Eminent Scholar and professor of psychology at Florida State University. He studies expert performance in domains such as music, chess, medicine, and sports. His groundbreaking work has been cited in bestsellers from Moonwalking with Einstein to Outliers to How Children Succeed. He lives in Florida.
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   • bioText: ROBERT POOL, PhD, is a science writer living and working in Tallahassee, Florida. He has worked at some of the world's most prestigious science publications, including Science and Nature, and his work has appeared in many others, including Discover and Technology Review. He has written three books, including Eve's Rib: Searching for the Biological Roots of Sex Differences and Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology.
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"This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about."—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin
"Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson's research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all of us can apply the principles of great performance in our work or in any other part of our lives."—Fortune
Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Whether you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical performance, or help your child achieve academic goals, Ericsson's revolutionary methods will show you how to improve at almost any skill that matters to you.

"The science of excellence can be divided into two eras: before Ericsson and after Ericsson. His groundbreaking work, captured in this brilliantly useful book, provides us with a blueprint for achieving the most important and life-changing work possible: to become a little bit better each day."—Dan Coyle, author of The Talent Code

"Ericsson's research has revolutionized how we think about human achievement. If everyone would take the lessons of this book to heart, it could truly change the world."—Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein

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     February 22, 2016
     Psychologist Ericsson (The Road to Excellence) and science writer Pool (Beyond Engineering) skillfully examine the eternal debate of nature vs. nurture with this thoughtful treatise supporting the latter. The authors posit that deliberate, focused practice is the key to learning and mastering any new skill, whether or not an underlying natural talent is present. “Generally the solution is not ‘try harder,’ but ‘try differently,’ ” they explain. Using such diverse examples as the prodigal young Mozart and a neophyte golfer hoping to make the PGA Tour, the authors explain the importance of “purposeful practice,” adaptability, and mental representations—defined as structures that organize one’s remembered information about an object or idea. For the truly motivated, a chapter entitled “The Road to Extraordinary” offers a step-by-step guide to acquiring new skills and “reach the frontier of human capabilities.” Throughout, the authors encourage dreaming big, even when conventional wisdom might dictate otherwise. This is an empowering, encouraging work that will challenge readers to reach for excellence. Agent: Elyse Cheney, Elyse Cheney Literary Associates.

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     February 15, 2016
     Challenging the notion that talent is innate. "The most important gifts we can give our children are confidence in their ability to remake themselves again and again and the tools with which to do that job," writes Ericsson (Psychology/Florida State Univ.; editor: The Road to Excellence: The Acquisition of Expertise Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports and Games, 2014, etc.), assisted in this book by science writer Pool (Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology, 1999, etc.). The plasticity of the human brain, coupled with directed training and practice, is the key. Ericsson joins an increasing number of educators who focus on the importance of what he calls "deliberate practice" in achieving expertise in fields such as music and sports. This practice is best begun at an early age, so children can hone specific skills and also gain the ability to "remake themselves again and again," as circumstances change. This is a matter of practical training, not just the assimilation of abstract knowledge. It demands embarking on a realistic path to achieving a specific goal by achieving mastery of successively more difficult specific skills, and it involves a combination of mental and physical training. The idea that individual differences in ability are not genetically determined or hard-wired into the human brain has only been widely accepted in this century. Previously, talent was thought to be genetically determined so that "learning was just a way of fulfilling one's genetic potential." Ericsson gives intriguing examples of how the visual cortex in the brain of a blind person as he or she learns Braille develops connections to the fingertips and how Mozart's achievements as a child prodigy were cultivated by his father's intensive training. The author makes a strong case that success in today's world requires a focus on practical performance, not just the accumulation of information. Especially informative for parents and educators in preparing children for the challenges ahead.

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     April 15, 2016
     

     The belief that Olympic athletes, chess Grandmasters, Nobel Prize winners, or musical prodigies are special people born with innate talent is one that Ericsson (psychology, Florida State Univ.) wants us to forget. Practice is what helps individuals become experts in their field. But not all forms of practice are equal. Here Ericsson and science writer Pool concentrate on deliberate practice, which is defined as a focused technique that follows a well-known training method, involves a teacher or a coach who provides feedback, demands near-maximal effort, and sets specific goals. Ericsson negates journalist Malcolm Gladwell's popular assertion that it takes 10,000 hours of routine exercises to gain mastery, claiming that the outcome more or less depends on many factors. Ericsson describes a variety of experiments and life stories of famous talents (e.g., composer Amadeus Mozart, hockey player Mario Lemieux, and chess player Alexander Alekhine) to prove his points and enrich his book. His demonstration is less convincing when applied to the corporate world and at work, as it focuses on acquiring and perfecting skills rather than accumulating knowledge. The description of the use of deliberate practice in education is riveting. VERDICT Recommended for readers interested in the science of expertise and/or interacting with elite performers in all fields.--Maryse Breton, Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec

     Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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