Deep practice is built on a paradox: struggling in certain targeted ways-operating at the edges of your ability, where you make mistakes-makes you smarter. Or to put it in a slightly different way, experiences where you're forced to slow down, make errors, and correct them-as you would if you were walking up an ice-covered hill, slipping and stumbling as you go-end up making you swift and graceful without your realizing it.
I fall in love with certain stories. Those stories tend to be connected to my life some way - for instance, with my first book I was writing about th… - Daniel Coyle
I fall in love with certain stories. Those stories tend to be connected to my life some way - for instance, with my first book I was writing about th…
- Daniel Coyle
To sum up: it's time to rewrite the maxim that practice makes perfect. The truth is, practice makes myelin, and myelin makes perfect. - Daniel Coyle
To sum up: it's time to rewrite the maxim that practice makes perfect. The truth is, practice makes myelin, and myelin makes perfect.
Baby steps are the royal road to skill. - Daniel Coyle
Baby steps are the royal road to skill.
You have to be willing to stop and fix. Deep practice requires a willingness to do what many of us find uncomfortable: to admit to our errors, and fo… - Daniel Coyle
You have to be willing to stop and fix. Deep practice requires a willingness to do what many of us find uncomfortable: to admit to our errors, and fo…
The sweet spot: that productive, uncomfortable terrain located just beyond our current abilities, where our reach exceeds our grasp. Deep practice is… - Daniel Coyle
The sweet spot: that productive, uncomfortable terrain located just beyond our current abilities, where our reach exceeds our grasp. Deep practice is…
Although talent feels and looks predestined, in fact we have a good deal of control over what skills we develop, and we have more potential than we m… - Daniel Coyle
Although talent feels and looks predestined, in fact we have a good deal of control over what skills we develop, and we have more potential than we m…
Deep practice feels a bit like exploring a dark and unfamiliar room. You start slowly, you bump into furniture, stop, think, and start again. Slowly,… - Daniel Coyle
Deep practice feels a bit like exploring a dark and unfamiliar room. You start slowly, you bump into furniture, stop, think, and start again. Slowly,…
Failure is not a verdict; making mistakes is the price of the ticket. - Daniel Coyle
Failure is not a verdict; making mistakes is the price of the ticket.
The staggering babies embody the deepest truth about deep practice: to get good, it's helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being bad. B… - Daniel Coyle
The staggering babies embody the deepest truth about deep practice: to get good, it's helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being bad. B…
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