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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Psychologist Anders Ericsson on The Science of Expertise

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Mindset, Finding Mastery, Business, Sport Psychology, Education, Health & Fitness, Michael Gervais, Psychology, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-improvement, Self Help

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2016

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Anders Ericsson is a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University who is internationally recognized as a researcher in the psychological nature of expertise and human performance. In This Episode: -His early yearning to understand how knowledge was generated -Seeking a deeper context for learning beyond retaining information -The key to mastering a domain -How his research differs from Malcolm Gladwell's 10k hours rule -Creating “representations” to explore further expertise -The true meaning behind deliberate practice -Difference between expertise and mastery -The ideal method for learning and practice -Applying deliberate practice to less quantifiable facets of life -Whether external rewards are important for motivation

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I'm Michael Jervais.

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I'm Michael Jervais.

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The

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Right.

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Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast.

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I'm Michael Jervais. And the idea behind this

0:14.4

conversation is to sit down with people who are on the path of mastery and to

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understand what they're searching for, to understand their psychological framework

0:21.6

and the mental skills that they use along the path to refine their craft.

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