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The Jordan Harbinger Show

396: Dr. Anders Ericsson | Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Talk Radio, Business, Science, Education

4.812.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this interview, Dr. Anders Ericsson explains why deliberate practice, not natural talent, is the key to developing expertise.

Transcript

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coming up next on the Jordan Harvanger show.

0:03.0

One of the key things with people who are not successful is that they are almost

0:08.6

often too impatient. So if you're actually starting with a training program,

0:12.5

the worst thing you can do is to try to get in for five hours and really have this

0:17.6

rapid improvement. What you should be doing is maybe set aside 15, 20 minutes each day

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to do something that is focused to improve you.

0:27.5

And as you are building up now more habits and routine, you know, then you can kind of increase it.

0:33.5

And that's when you get the more effective results.

0:41.0

Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harvanger.

0:43.0

On the Jordan Harvanger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's most fascinating people.

0:48.0

If you're new to the show, we have in-depth conversations with people at the top of their game.

0:52.1

Astronauts, entrepreneurs, spies, psychologists,

0:54.9

even the occasional former cult member or national security strategist.

0:58.9

Each show turns our guest wisdom into practical advice you can use to build a deeper understanding of how the world works

1:04.4

and become a better critical thinker.

1:06.9

Today, we're talking with Dr. Anders Erickson about his book, Peek, co-authored with Robert Poole.

1:11.4

We'll discover that in Nate Talent is not real, or at least it's not what people think it is and it may not exist at all.

1:16.9

We're going to discuss the concept of deliberate practice and how we can become amazing at just about any skill

1:22.4

and how to set up a deliberate practice regimen to become more effective at anything that we do.

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This episode is a must for anyone who practices at any art or craft and wants to get better and eventually master it.

1:34.4

If you're wondering how I managed to book all these great thinkers, authors and celebrities every single week,

1:38.9

it's because of my network and I'm teaching you how to build your network for free over at JordanHarbinger.com slash course.

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