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Building and developing knowledge is one of the things that deliberate practice accomplishes.
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Constantly trying to extend one’s abilities in a field requires amassing additional knowledge, and staying at it for years develops the critical connections that organize all that knowledge and make it useful.
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Because the demands of achieving exceptional performance are so great over so many years, no one has a prayer of meeting them without utter commitment.
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One of the most dreaded tasks for many managers is giving job evaluations to their direct reports.
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Many elements of job performance can be improved through… high repetition and immediate feedback.
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…the best performers are focused on how they can get better at some specific element of the work…
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Excellent performers judge themselves differently from the way other people do. They’re more specific, just as they are when they set goals and strategies.
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The best performers judge themselves against a standard that’s relevant for what they’re trying to achieve.
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A mental model is never finished. Great performers not only possess highly developed mental models, they are also always expanding and revising those models.
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…employees consistently put continuous professional development on or near the top of their criteria for choosing an employer.
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