September 29, 2024
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein
“The strict deliberate practice school describes useful training as focused consciously on error correction. But the most comprehensive examination of development in improvisational form”
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“some of the greatest musicians were self-taught or never learned to read music”
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“Kornell was explaining the concept of “desirable difficulties,” obstacles that make learning more challenging, slower, and more frustrating in the short term, but better in the long term. Exce”
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“Tolerating big mistakes can create the best learning opportunities.[*](private://read/01j6pe4ydpvc1x57arx02x6w3d/#footnote_1)”
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“the more hints that were available during training, the better the monkeys performed during early practice, and the worse they performed on test”
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“Space between practice sessions creates the hardness that enhances learning”
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“is difficult to accept that the best learning road is slow, and that doing poorly now is essential for better performance later.”
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