<story><title>The Problems with Deliberate Practice (2020)</title><url>https://commoncog.com/blog/the-problems-with-deliberate-practice/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>TameAntelope</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not really sure what I&amp;#x27;m supposed to do with this article - it seems written as a hit piece on Deliberate Practice, but doesn&amp;#x27;t live up to that by more or less pointing at various works and saying, &amp;quot;That seems crazy!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Anders Ericsson passed away in 2020, but fortunately in 2019 he wrote a comprehensive article describing his journey through the discovery of deliberate practice and how it evolved over the ensuing 25 years.  I would suggest reading this &lt;i&gt;in addition to&lt;/i&gt; the submitted article, if you&amp;#x27;re interested in &lt;i&gt;better&lt;/i&gt; understanding the &amp;quot;Problems with Deliberate Practice&amp;quot;:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.frontiersin.org&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;10.3389&amp;#x2F;fpsyg.2019.02396&amp;#x2F;full&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.frontiersin.org&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;10.3389&amp;#x2F;fpsyg.2019.0239...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: The author has this to say: &amp;quot;Is deliberate practice good enough to work? My opinion — one that’s informed by painful experience attempting to implement the results of Ericsson’s research — is that, yes, deliberate practice does work, but it’s really difficult to turn the principles into a practice program if you are in a field where no ‘highly-developed, broadly accepted training methods’ exist.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Edit2: I was too harsh, edited to tone down the language!</text></comment>
<story><title>The Problems with Deliberate Practice (2020)</title><url>https://commoncog.com/blog/the-problems-with-deliberate-practice/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rsync</author><text>One word: play.&lt;p&gt;I didn’t go to Unix school or do practice reps of building networks.  I stayed up late nights building weird and sometimes nefarious projects.&lt;p&gt;Similarly, I have mediocre results when my schedule only allows BJJ classes but markedly better results when I can just go “play” Jiu jitsu  with others.&lt;p&gt;Just go get reps doing something you love, in an experimental and playful manner.</text></comment>