“Deliberate practice is often the opposite of enjoyable. I like the term “stretch” for describing what deliberate practice feels like,” — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“deliberate practice—practice designed to develop mastery in the specific areas required by whatever role or position we are targeting.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“If they’re not practicing deliberately, even experts can see their skills backslide. Ericsson shared with me an incredible example of this. Even… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“what deliberate practice actually requires. Its core components are usually identified as follows: (1) your attention is focused tightly on a specific… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson I took away from my year on the competitive memory circuit was not the secret to learning poetry… — Joshau Foer Copy Share Image
“Each of the basic requirements of deliberate practice is unremarkable: • A clearly defined stretch goal • Full concentration and effort • Immediate and informative… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Excellence demands effort and planned, deliberate practice of increasing difficulty — K. Anders Ericsson Copy Share Image
“It is a lifetime accumulation of deliberate practice that again and again ends up explaining excellence.” — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“I like the term “stretch” for describing what deliberate practice feels like, as it matches my own experience with the activity. When… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“figure out when and where you’re most comfortable doing deliberate practice. Once you’ve made your selection, do deliberate practice then and there… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Virtues are habits of mind, heart, and behavior. They develop through deliberate practice. Forming of a persons character lies in their own… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“Poe’s drunkenness was a mnemonic device, a deliberate method of work, drastic and fatal, no doubt, but suited to his passionate nature.… — Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“Trooper Drew Griffith was spiritual, which is to say that he had experiences of the numinous that were both spontaneous and deliberately… — Kate Braestrup Copy Share Image
Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there's feedback. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Deliberate Practice is best conducted alone for several reasons. It takes intense concentration, and other people can be distracting. It requires deep… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“it takes approximately ten thousand hours of Deliberate Practice to gain true expertise,” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“In our family, we live by the Hard Thing Rule. It has three parts. The first is that everyone—including Mom and Dad—has… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“What you want—really, deeply want—is fundamental because deliberate practice is a heavy investment.” — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“I keep a tally of the total number of hours I’ve spent that month in a state of deliberate practice.” — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
