Anders Ericsson Quotes & Sayings

Learning isn't a way of reaching one's potential but rather a way of developing it. — Anders Ericsson

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 — Anders Ericsson

So here we have purposeful practice in a nutshell: 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. Oh, and figure out a way to maintain your motivation. — Anders Ericsson

In a field you're already familiar with - like your own job - think carefully about what characterizes good performance and try to come up with ways to measure that, even if there must be a certain amount of subjectivity in your measurement. Then look for those people who score highest in the areas you believe are key to superior performance. Remember that the ideal is to find objective, reproducible measures that consistently distinguish the best from the rest, and if that ideal is not possible, approximate it as well as you can. Once — Anders Ericsson

Call it "the New Year's resolution effect" - it's why gyms that were crowded in January are only half full in July and why so many slightly used guitars are available on Craigslist. So — Anders Ericsson

A world in which deliberate practice is a normal part of life would be one in which people had more volition and satisfaction. — Anders Ericsson

The best way to get past any barrier is to come at it from a different direction, which is one reason it is useful to work with a teacher or coach. — Anders Ericsson

Even the most motivated and intelligent student will advance more quickly under the tutelage of someone who knows the best order in which to learn things, who understands and can demonstrate the proper way to perform various skills, who can provide useful feedback, and who can devise practice activities designed to overcome particular weaknesses. — Anders Ericsson

This is a fundamental truth about any sort of practice: If you never push yourself beyond your comfort zone, you will never improve. — Anders Ericsson

abilities gradually deteriorate in the absence of deliberate efforts to improve. So — Anders Ericsson

the key to improved mental performance of almost any sort is the development of mental structures that make it possible to avoid the limitations of short-term memory and deal effectively with large amounts of information at once. — Anders Ericsson

The first step toward enhancing performance in an organization is realizing that improvement is possible only if participants abandon business-as-usual practices. Doing so requires recognizing and rejecting three prevailing myths. — Anders Ericsson

We can shape our own potential. Art — Anders Ericsson