There is an excellent research paper breaking down all facets of mental toughness written by sport psychologists Sheldon Hanton, Graham Jones, and Declan Connaughton. The title of it is “A Framework of Mental Toughness in the World’s Best Performers“. The authors do an excellent job putting rigor around the definition of mental toughness as popular […]
Out of all the books I’ve read in my life, Anders Ericsson’s and Robert Pool’s book Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise may be the most important. Ericsson and Pool do a masterful job in breaking down the exact steps you must follow to become an expert at anything. It almost goes without […]
“Deliberate practice is a very specialized form of practice.” The late great psychologist Anders Ericsson wrote these words in his book Peak before he passed away at the age of 72. Ericsson was the expert on how to become an expert. Moreover, deliberate practice is what Ericsson’s research proved as the pathway to becoming an […]