Robert Pool

80 thoughts in this book draw on Robert Pool.

Books & sources

• Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise · 80 thoughts

The thoughts

• By now it is safe to conclude from many…Expanding Your Range
• First, figure out exactly what is hold-ing you backExpanding Your Range
• Practice needs to be a conscious action working towards…Goals, Action & Defining Success
• So here we have purposeful practice in a nutshellExpanding Your Range
• The second myth holds that if you do something…Expanding Your Range
• What we learned from Steve's experience holds true for…Failure & Resilience
• With deliberate practice, however, the goal is not just…Expanding Your Range
• 1Before Takeoff
• 3Expanding Your Range
• Because what is ultimately most important is what people…Decisions & Choices
• Before each class they were expected to read assigned…Expanding Your Range
• By now it is safe to conclude from many…Expanding Your Range
• Deliberate practice is all about the skillsExpanding Your Range
• Experience holds true for everyone who faces a plateau…The Instruments
• expert performers get great satisfaction and pleasure from exercising…Expanding Your Range
• First, while a good teacher does not have to…The Instruments
• Franklin decided that he would like to write that…Expanding Your Range
• Franklin decided that he would like to write that…Expanding Your Range
• Generally when they're in their early or mid teens…Expanding Your Range
• Get outside your comfort zone, but do it in…Goals, Action & Defining Success
• He was not a particularly strong chess player -…Expanding Your Range
• He was not a particularly strong chess player -…The Heart in the Cockpit
• How do you find a good teacher?The Instruments
• However, expertise in some fields is simply unattainable for…Expanding Your Range
• if you stop believing that you can reach a…Expanding Your Range
• if you stop believing that you can reach a…Goals, Action & Defining Success
• in one field or another, and he'd concluded that…Expanding Your Range
• IncorporationCommunication & Conflict
• IncorporationDecisions & Choices
• IncorporationFriends, Community & Society
• Key LessonExpanding Your Range
• Key LessonGoals, Action & Defining Success
• Major difference between the deliberate practice approach, and the…Expanding Your Range
• Many accomplished performers are terrible teachers because they have…Communication & Conflict
• Many accomplished performers are terrible teachers because they have…The Instruments
• most important factor in the early days of an…Goals, Action & Defining Success
• o help the physics students in their class develop…Expanding Your Range
• Once a child can consistently hit a ball with…Expanding Your Range
• One of his findings was that when these future…Expanding Your Range
• One of his findings was that when these future…Expanding Your Range
• Progress is made by those who are working on…Expanding Your Range
• Psychologist Benjamin Bloom recognized that when future experts were…Goals, Action & Defining Success
• role of Nate characteristicsExpanding Your Range
• Second, the number of ten thousand hours at age…Expanding Your Range
• Second, the number of ten thousand hours at age…The Instruments
• So here we have purposeful practice in a nutshellExpanding Your Range
• So we had a conversation, and, like you said…Expanding Your Range
• So we had a conversation, and, like you said…Expanding Your Range
• That was okay, however, because the real action occurred…Expanding Your Range
• The clicker ques-tions and tasks were chosen to trigger…Expanding Your Range
• The clicker questions and tasks were chosen to trigger…The Mind in the Cockpit
• The final problem with the ten-thousand-hour rule is that…Expanding Your Range
• The final problem with the ten-thousand-hour rule is that…Expanding Your Range
• The human body has a preference for stabilityEnjoy the Flight
• The human body has a preference for stabilityExpanding Your Range
• The most effective interventions, Davis found, were those that…The Instruments
• The most effective interventions, Davis found, were those that…The Instruments
• The most important lesson they gleaned from their teachers…Expanding Your Range
• The questions were chosen to get the students in…The Instruments
• The redesigned physics class at the University of British…The Instruments
• The redesigned physics class at the University of British…The Instruments
• The second thing is to limit the length of…Expanding Your Range
• The second thing is to limit the length of…Expanding Your Range
• The third myth states that all it takes to…Expanding Your Range
• The third myth states that all it takes to…Expanding Your Range
• Then look for those people who score highest in…Expanding Your Range
• There are likely to be many things the person…Expanding Your Range
• There are likely to be many things the person…Expanding Your Range
• Third, Gladwell didn't distinguish between the deliberate practice that…The Instruments
• Third, Gladwell didn't distinguish between the deliberate practice that…The Mind in the Cockpit
• This strategy acknowledges that because what is ultimately most…Expanding Your Range
• This strategy acknowledges that because what is ultimately most…Expanding Your Range
• Thus, if we are to explain the Beatles' success…Expanding Your Range
• Unfortunately, this rule - which is the only thing…The Instruments
• Unfortunately, this rule - which is the only thing…The Instruments
• We all have various motivations some stronger, some weaker…The Heart in the Cockpit
• We can't answer that question yet, but we do…Expanding Your Range
• We can't answer that question yet, but we do…The Heart in the Cockpit
• When preparing a lesson plan, determining what a student…Expanding Your Range
• With deliberate practice, however, the goal is not just…Goals, Action & Defining Success