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Anders Ericsson, Ralf Th. Krampe and Clemens Tesch-Romer co-authored a paper titled The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance.
This paper introduced the world to a new concept that turned the nature and understanding of how Virtuosos are made, on its head.
Their research was made famous by author Malcolm Gladwell’s blockbuster book, Outliers, The Story of Success.
That new concept is known as Deliberate Practice.
Deliberate Practice, not innate talent, is what sets Virtuosos apart from everyone else.
The most effective Deliberate Practice activities are those that can be repeated at high volume.
But, instead of practicing only what you are good at, Deliberate Practice requires that you identify specific sub-skills you need to improve upon and then seek out feedback from mentors or coaches.
This use of feedback, as a means to improve your skills is known as Analytical Practice.
Analytical Practice requires repetitive practice followed by feedback from mentors or coaches, as to your performance.
Gladwell summed up this required investment in improvement, through Deliberate Practice, as The 10,000 Rule – devoting 10,000 hours of Deliberate Practice to your craft, in order to rise to the level of mastery.
So, what are the elements of Deliberate Practice, in achieving mastery?
- Identifying Subsets of Skills that require improvement.
- Defining specific activities around your weaknesses that you can practice on for three to four hours every day.
- Seeking feedback from mentors or coaches with respect to your performance of those skills you have not yet perfected.
- Deliberately Practicing, over and over again, those specific skills you are not outstanding at, until you gain mastery.
Tom Corley is an accountant, financial planner and author of “Rich Kids: How to Raise Our Children to Be Happy and Successful in Life”, Effort-Less Wealth, Change Your Habits Change Your Life, Rich Habits Poor Habits and “Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals.”
