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Robert Pool

Robert Pool

Nonfiction writer specializing in science and technology and co-author of Peak.

Robert Pool is a nonfiction writer specializing in science and technology and has worked as staff for both Science and Nature. He is the author of three previous books before co-authoring the book “Peak” with Anders Ericsson.

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Peak

Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

Anders Ericsson is the world’s leading scientist studying expert performance—looking at how, precisely, the people who are the best in the world at what they do became the best. In this Note, we take a quick look at The Gift that we all have that’s the key to our potential greatness, HOW to go about tapping into the benefits of that gift via a certain type of practice (forget naive practice and go for purposeful + deliberate!), the fact that there is no such thing as a “10,000 Hour Rule,” and why we should be called Homo Exercens rather than Homo Sapiens. :)

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Habits & Peak Performance

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The Gift of Greatness
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We’ve All Been Given It — Here It Is

Anders Ericsson is the world’s leading authority on the science of what makes great performers great. If you’ve ever heard of the “10,000-hour rule” you have him to thank. (In a future +1 we’ll talk about the fact that the 10,000 hours idea is a little more nuanced than we’ve been led to b...

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The Science of Being Awesome
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A Quick Look at Purposeful + Deliberate Practice

In our last +1 we talked about Anders Ericsson and his research on the science of greatness. The most exciting discovery? The fact that we ALL have the gift of greatness: Adaptability. We can all incrementally Optimize our minds and bodies to perform in exceptional ways. The b...

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Adaptability + Homeostasis
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Why Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Is So Important

We’ve talked a lot about how important it is to get out of our comfort zones. But why is it so important? Two words: Adaptability + Homeostasis. First: Homeostasis. Every cell in ou...

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Learning & Peak Performance

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“Hi, Optimus!”
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How to Invite Him or Her to the Optimizing Party

As we discussed in Greatest Year Ever 2019, one of my core themes for this year is to operationalize virtue—to help us (really!) move from theory to practice. More virtue and less chit chat style. 🤓

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Greatest Year Ever & Modern Hērō

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