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Welcome back to the QOTS, I'm your host, Sean Crockson,

we got Dr. Angela Duckworth, author of Grit on the show today.

She's going to talk about deliberate practice, how to acquire expert performance.

I've been watching quite a few of her talks recently and they have helped me so much on the basketball court.

Some of you know that I play basketball in front of my house almost every day.

It's just I love playing basketball and over the last year I've gotten better.

Before as much time as I put in, I probably should have gotten a lot better, right?

But that's because I go out there, I'm just kind of shoot around.

And there's no nothing very deliberate about it.

Not a lot of focus about it.

And I'm just kind of out there shooting and trying to get my 10,000 step on my Fitbit really.

And since watching her talks, I've been committing to more deliberate practice.

And let me tell you what deliberate practice means.

Deliberate practice refers to a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic.

While regular practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focus attention

and is conducted with a specific goal of improving performance.

And I'll tell you, since committing to deliberate practice,

like just using more focus and more attention with my basketball game in the front,

I've gotten so much better at shooting just like in a month's time.

Like I've done in a month, what I was able to do,

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