{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/f8cf3133-0543-5b5b-85cb-e7a4e48bfaf5/d3c029cf-d2c0-4f77-980c-02b2a594defb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Peak Performance and the Science of Expertise with Anders Ericsson","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6202ac9f5668e761825372c3/6202acf6484f8e00143586e0.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p>We have this basic activity where you set a goal. You’re trying to do something that you can’t do and you have a practice activity that you can repeatedly apply and explore different ways in which you achieve this goal that you’ve set. And if a teacher has now been able to identify this as a suitable change for you, then we call that deliberate practice.&nbsp;– Anders Ericsson</p><p><br></p><p><em>K. 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.&nbsp;He’s also the author of</em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544456238\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Peak: The New Science of Expertise</em></a></p>","author_name":"Srinivas Rao"}