Peak
Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
About the book
Psychologist Anders Ericsson and science writer Robert Pool sum up three decades of Ericsson's research on star athletes, memory experts, chess champions and violinists. Their central idea is deliberate practice, Ericsson's term for the learning method experts use to reach superior performance, which the authors separate from related approaches such as purposeful practice. Key to it are mental representations, encodings of reality in the brain that can be learned, so little space goes to IQ or nature versus nurture. The authors also respond to the 10,000-hour rule that Malcolm Gladwell drew from Ericsson's work in Outliers, which they see as an oversimplification. Published in 2016, it is written for general readers.
Seth Godin endorsed it as a science-based breakthrough that shows how to get much better at the things people care about.
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This book has 2 recommendations
Seth Godin (Author & Entrepreneur)
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.
Sergey Sapelnyk (Co-Founder/Society Socks)
PEAK by Anders Ericsson phenomenally explains how experts develop their skills. The author makes a profound claim: you can get significantly better at almost anything. This includes your job, a specific skill, or a hobby. From a career perspective, in most instances, the only barrier to personal development and success is effective effort. This book isn’t specific to a career, however it’s highly applicable to any career.
The idea of this book is a meaningful one, since it suggests that many goals are achievable and doable. The key differentiator between someone who achieves these goals or does not, is the amount of calculated effort that’s exerted on this task. I think this book will reinforce to young people that nearly any career path is feasible given that a focused effort is made. Aiming to consistently practice and work on your craft, is a very fundamental mindset to personal growth.
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