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Expertise comes from deliberate practice — focused effort on your weak points — not just clocking hours.

Anders Ericsson

Mind

Why it matters

The idea in context

Ericsson, whose work inspired the '10,000-hour' idea, stressed it was misunderstood: targeted, feedback-driven practice matters far more than raw time.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Uzmanlık, yalnızca saat doldurmaktan değil; zayıf noktalarına odaklanan bilinçli pratikten gelir.
Anders Ericsson

'10.000 saat' fikrine ilham veren Ericsson, bunun yanlış anlaşıldığını vurgulamıştı: hedefli, geri bildirimli pratik, ham zamandan çok daha önemlidir.

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Ericsson's deliberate-practice research.

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