Reddit mentions of Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Whoa thats cool. I did my thesis on phrenic motoneurons and the synaptic boutons during spinal cord injury recovery.

Have you read Peak? It's great and talks about the role of mental imagery in performance. Everything I have seen supports that theory. You can see people practicing and that's relatively easy to measure BUT its hard to quantify how much and how people think about their area of expertise.

What kind of projects are you trying to pursue when you graduate!?

https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/ref=asc_df_0544947223/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312126061109&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11450207632282223546&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9021719&hvtargid=pla-361927553204&psc=1

The science of expertise was the best book I read last year. Debunked is wrong, gladwell mischaricterised the original study because saying 10k hours was an easy soundbite to sell. Even in gladwell's book he walks it back.

I'd be so frustrated if someone took my work repackaged with lies and fluff to enrich themselves. There's a freakonmics podcast where they kinda get into it. Science drama!

The biggest difference maker between a high level player who plays for fun and pro gamers is Deliberate Practice.

If you're going to rise from 1800 mmr to pro level, you'll need deliberate practice, and a lot of it. If you're not familiar with the term, here are a couple books and an article to introduce you to the subject. Learning these techniques will have benefits far beyond dota.

The first goal is to prepare your fundamentals. There are plenty of other comments in this thread to help you there. You should build a working knowledge of every hero in dota. How? Don't just play games. For every single hero in dota, do the following.

• watch a guide video to learn the hero. Learn their combos, playstyle.
  
• watch a pro replay. Take notes.
  
• go into demo mode. CS with no items for 10 minutes. I don't care if it's fucking Techies. You need to know how to lasthit at heroes you want to play. Spawn some enemies and practice the stuff you saw the pro doing. If you're not sure how to do something, find a video that breaks it down.
  
• Play a game as that hero
  
• Go back into demo mode and do no items CS for 10 minutes.
  
• practice some more combos.
  
• play 2-4 more games on the hero.
  
  At this point, ask yourself if you can see yourself playing this hero long term. You should be looking to whittle down the pool from ~115 to ~20. If so:
  
  
• watch your worst replay and take notes.
  
• play at least 10 more games on that hero. Watch replays of the worst ones and take notes.
  
  At this point, you should have 700-800 games of dota under your belt. If you haven't improved to at least ~3.5k during this whole process (yes I know you've been learning heroes.), then pro dota is not in the cards for you.
  
  If you have improved, choose AT MOST 5 heroes, the best heroes you've got, to become your hero pool. Why? Because once you've learned the fundamentals, everything you can improve upon requires playing against better players. The longer you're in the trench, the longer you're solidifying bad habits. You're getting away with stuff that will be punished at higher mmr. Therefore...
  
  The second goal is to gain MMR. Like, at least 5000 higher than your current MMR. One important thing to realize is that it's possible to obtain a high MMR without any concept of teamwork whatsoever. You can begin working on your teamwork now, but KEEP IN MIND that this practice can be counterproductive at low MMR, as many patterns you will learn will change as you get better.
  
  Spam. Get a coach. Tryhard. Watch replays. Get yourself out of the trench. DON'T buy an account. Don't rely on your teammates. Watch replays, take notes. Win at all costs. We want to be playing against better players.
  
  If you actually make it to 6k, I think you'll know enough to be able to know how to take the next step.
  
  Good luck!

I'm not done with this yet, but so far Peak has been a treasure trove of information in regards to properly practicing in order to get better.

Figuring out how to learn things and become skilled at them on my own.

A few books that really helped


https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Code-Greatness-Born-Grown/dp/055380684X/

https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/


https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322/

It is generally accepted (maybe even obvious) that it's more important to be effective, rather than put in more hours. You will still put in a lot of hours, because you need repeated practice, but it's about effective hours.

If someone is interested in this topic, a decent book that is written by a researcher who has dedicated his life to this topic is: https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/

> If your theory were true then why is it that people who attend the exact same education throughout their formative years have completely different IQ's?

Because not all people actually study. They go to school, but they don't want to learn as much as the guy sitting next to them. This has been proven.

Buy and read this book, it talk exclusively about how mental ability is NOT based on genetics. With Citations.

https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

>Congratulations you studied computer science, so did I. You surround yourself with people of similar beliefs, let me tell you that at least 80% of my friends who also studied computer science lean hard right. Wow it's almost like anecdotal bullshit doesn't mean anything.

Sure. It doesn't. Your opinion is fact. Liberals are infact more stupid. That is why all major metros vote democratic and have the most highly educated people living there. But hey, nothing can stop a Trump supporters from believing what they want.

Your problem may be how you are studying. I used Manhattan books and saw results by applying 'deliberate practice' technique to each practice problem until I had mastered the concept. If you want tips on deliberate practice here's a link.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/positive-psychology-methods/lecture/Jem3C/angela-duckworth-4-1-deliberate-practice

https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510885438&sr=8-1&keywords=deliberate+practice