Chapter 6 - Principles of Deliberate Practice in Everyday Life

Engage

consciously developing and refining your skills

3 Fs

focus, feedback, fix it

Willpower

a very situation-specific attribute

Social motivation

motivation linked with the approval and admiration of others and is one of the strongest forms of extrinsic motivation

improving

==Study:==

After a singing lesson, the amateurs were happy but not the professionals because they viewed this session as a means of _____ their singing, so they were focused

studying

==Study:==

The very best bee spellers had the superior ability to remain committed to ______ despite the boredom and the pull of other more appealing activities

accomplished

A good teacher should be _____ in the field

teaching

A good teacher should have some skill and experience in _____ that field

exercises

It’s important to question a prospective teacher about practice _____

instructor

If you find yourself at a point where you are no longer improving quickly or at all, don’t be afraid to look for a new ______

engage

Learning to ______ is one of the most powerful ways to improve the effectiveness of your practice

improve

American swimmer Natalie Coughlin would pass her time swimming daydreaming but when she started to use the time spent swimming to _____ her form, she started seeing improvement

amateurs, elites

Long-distance runners ______ tend to daydream while ______ remain attuned to their bodies so they can find the optimal pace and make adjustments to maintain the best pace throughout the whole race

faster

Shorter training sessions with clearer goals are the best way to develop new skills ______

sleep

You should make sure you get enough ______ so that you can train with maximum concentration

same

By listening to the ____ dialogue over and over, people improve their ability to understand English more quickly

reproduce

We can only form effective mental representations when we try to ______ what the expert performer can do, fail, figure out why we failed, try again, and repeat over and over again

actions

Successful mental representations are tied to _____

good

Extended practice aimed at reproducing the original product will produce ______ mental representations

challenge

The best way to move beyond a plateau is to _____ your brain or your body in a new way

back

When you reach a plateau, it’s only one or two components of that skill, not all of them, that are holding you _____

push

You need to find a way to _____ yourself a little to figure out where your sticking points are

any

There is no evidence for the existence of general willpower that can be applied to _____ situation

genes

There is no evidence for the existence of individual _____ that determine willpower

1

Anyone who hopes to improve their skill in a particular area should devote __h or more each day to practice which can be done with full concentration

motivation

To maintain your _____, you can either strengthen the reasons to keep going or weaken the reasons to quit

physical

When pursuing a goal, you should keep general _____ maintenance by getting enough sleep and keeping healthy

1

You can’t maintain concentration for much longer than __h

habituate

Both your body and your mind _____ to practice

general

While athletes get acclimated to the particular type of pain associated with their sport, they do not get acclimated to pain in ______

motivation

Once you have practiced for a while and can see the results, the skill itself can become part of your _____

believe

You need to _____ that you can succeed

quitting

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When future experts in different domains were young, their parents would use various strategies to keep them from ______ (lying about the time it took to run a 100m as if he had improved)

people

To sustain social motivation, you should surround yourself with ____ who will encourage, support and challenge you in your endeavours

group

You can put together a ______ of people all interested in the same thing and use the group’s shared goals as extra motivation

levels

You should break down long-term targets into a series of ____

dream

There is no reason not to follow your ______