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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3102: Helene Massicotte of FreeToPursue.com shares transformative insights from "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, challenging the notion of innate talent and emphasizing the power of deliberate practice. Massicotte's personal journey of applying these principles to writing, speaking, strength training, and archery not only showcases the practical steps towards self-improvement but also inspires readers to reassess their own potential and the myths surrounding natural abilities. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://www.freetopursue.com/blog/2016/5/31/what-peaked-my-curiosity-for-more Quotes to ponder: "The power is in the word 'deliberate'. Just going through the motions doesn't make us better." Episode references: Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool: https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise-ebook/dp/B011H56MKS Freakonomics Radio podcast episode #244: How to Become Great at Just About Anything: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519?i=1000367662472&l=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3102: Helene Massicotte of FreeToPursue.com shares transformative insights from "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, challenging the notion of innate talent and emphasizing the power of deliberate practice. Massicotte's personal journey of applying these principles to writing, speaking, strength training, and archery not only showcases the practical steps towards self-improvement but also inspires readers to reassess their own potential and the myths surrounding natural abilities. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://www.freetopursue.com/blog/2016/5/31/what-peaked-my-curiosity-for-more Quotes to ponder: "The power is in the word 'deliberate'. Just going through the motions doesn't make us better." Episode references: Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool: https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise-ebook/dp/B011H56MKS Freakonomics Radio podcast episode #244: How to Become Great at Just About Anything: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519?i=1000367662472&l=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3102: Helene Massicotte of FreeToPursue.com shares transformative insights from "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, challenging the notion of innate talent and emphasizing the power of deliberate practice. Massicotte's personal journey of applying these principles to writing, speaking, strength training, and archery not only showcases the practical steps towards self-improvement but also inspires readers to reassess their own potential and the myths surrounding natural abilities. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://www.freetopursue.com/blog/2016/5/31/what-peaked-my-curiosity-for-more Quotes to ponder: "The power is in the word 'deliberate'. Just going through the motions doesn't make us better." Episode references: Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool: https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise-ebook/dp/B011H56MKS Freakonomics Radio podcast episode #244: How to Become Great at Just About Anything: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519?i=1000367662472&l=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Toms is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Wharton Interactive. She is a serious games expert and demonstrated thought leader in the educational technology field, fueled by a passion to find and develop innovative ways to make every learning environment active, engaging, more meaningful, and learner-centered.Sarah has built transformative gaming platforms for education from the ground up, like Wharton Interactive's award winning Alternate Reality Courseware platform. And she and her team are building the most innovative catalog of ARC games-based courses on the planet. Sarah has spent more than twenty years as a leader in the technology sphere, and was an entrepreneur for over a decade, founding companies that built global CRM, product development, productivity management, and financial systems. In addition, Sarah is coauthor of The Customer Centricity Playbook, the Digital Book Awards 2019 Best Business Book. And she is dedicated to supporting women and girls in the technology field, cofounding WIT@Penn, and through her work with the Women in Tech Summit and techgirlz.org. Recommended ResourcesLearn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything by Ulrich BoserBeing Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn SchulzPeak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert PooleWisdom.MBABusiness insights from MBA students, professors, alums and successful entrepreneurs.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Jesse McClure and Lee Boyce - Never Go Broke: How to Make Money Out of Just About Anything...with TRE's Dave Hodgson

Tony Nguyen co-owner of Click d3signs discussing BRANDING EVERYTHING. How the company came about, plans for the future and its ability to brand JUST ABOUT ANYTHING... on ottawadesigners.com with your host Sandria Blench www.urbansimplicity.ca

Ok, here we are again. Looks like a lot of folks will be online learning or out of the box learning this year. It was so HARD last time, so now what???? I have on Justin Menda of Rocket Prep, www.rocket-prep.com. He is an amazing tutor, academic coach and trainer of tutors. He is one of the very few, few people that gets as excited about helping and talking about kids as me! You don't want to miss this one. It's packed with amazing ideas and info! It might just save your school year. Find him on FB @rocketprep. Book Recs by Justin: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Part of: Extreme Ownership Series by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (now with Bébé Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting) by Pamela Druckerman Books by Leonard Sax Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny Ron McMillan, Al Switzler Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World by Tony Wagner The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Paperback by Jonathan Haidt Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything by Ulrich Boser Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ulrich Boser is founder and CEO of The Learning Agency and the author of LEARN BETTER: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything. He’s a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington think tank and former contributing editor for U.S. News & World Report. Boser is also the author of two previous books. His work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and two daughters.   Follow Ulrich Boser Twitter: https://twitter.com/ulrichboser   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLearningAgency/  Website: https://www.the-learning-agency.com/    Buy the Book, Learn Better https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Better-Mastering-Business-Anything/dp/0593135318/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FT0E41VO8UPD&keywords=learn+better+ulrich+boser&qid=1568937306&sprefix=learn+better%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1 ======================  Request to Join the FREE Meredith Atwood Community & Coaching https://meredith-atwood-coaching.mn.co/ ======================  Buy Meredith’s Books: The Year of No Nonsense https://amzn.to/3su5qWp Triathlon for the Every Woman: https://amzn.to/3nOkjiH =======================   Follow Meredith Atwood & The Podcast on Social: Web: http://www.swimbikemom.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/swimbikemom   =======================  Want to Connect?  Email: same24hourspodcast@gmail.com =======================  Credits: Host & Production: Meredith Atwood Intro: Carl Stover Music Copyright 2017-2020, 2021 All Rights Reserved, Meredith Atwood, LLC

Please Support The Show with a DonationUlrich Boser is a best selling author and senior fellow with The Center for American Progress. He has been a contributing editor for US News and World Report and his work has appeared in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Huntington Post. His latest book, Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business or School - or - How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything, will equip you with actual skills to get better at what some have called the ultimate survival tool: learning how to learn. This topic is relevant to literally everyone. To be alive is to learn and grow and change (whether we're aware of it at times or not!) so it's important to sharpen our skills in order to get better at getting better. What is discussed in this episode will confirm some of what you know about how people learn, challenge some beliefs you might have about this topic and teach you a few things in the process that will make you a better student of life. Bombas - enter offer code WOLF at checkout for 20% off your first purchase www.bombas.com/wolfIn This Interview, Ulrich Boser and I Discuss...The Wolf ParableHis book, Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business or School - or - How to Become an Expert in Just About AnythingLearning how to learnGetting better at getting betterThe ultimate survival toolBeing actively engaged in the learning processMaking meaning out of somethingThe hypercorrection effectGiving our brain time to make sense of the information, reflectionHow critical it is to understand relationships between thingsVarying the circumstances in which we learn/apply informationHow it's easier to remember something new if you can hang it on to something oldA systematic approach to learning somethingValue: valuing what you're learningTarget: learning small pieces of info at a timeDevelop: practice & get feedbackExtend: elaborating on something, looking at it from different anglesRelate: analogies are the essence of thought, relating something to other thingsRethink: take time to process informationMetacognition: thinking about thinkingWhat are you going to learn and how will you know that you know it?How intertwined emotion and cognition areDigestible parts: learn less at a timeAt 90 minutes of learning, adults are kind of doneActive learning strategiesHypotheticals: what would happen if...Why it's important to stay away from crammingPlease Support The Show with a Donation

Total Duration 54:37 Download episode 196 Learn How to Learn Learning to learn is what experts call the ultimate survival tool, one of the most important talents of the modern era, the skill that precedes all other skills. The idea is that once you know how to learn, you can learn almost anything. And in today's world of constant disruption and automation, if you and I are not learning, it's only a matter of time before our current skills lose relevance. The best person I know to help us learn how to learn is Ulrich Boser, author of a great new book entitled Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything. Learn more about Ulrich and his work at http://ulrichboser.com/. For Your Administrative Assistant! If you have an administrative assistant, here's an idea for how you can invest in them! Our Effective Administrative Assistant Webinar Series starts up soon. Learn more at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/Admin Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! ACES HIGH by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. ENTER THE PARTY by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License.

What is Elon Musk up to now? What is the Boring company? Why is a state legislator in California threatening to ban the possession of flamethrowers? All these topics and a review of new tech from 2017 are coming up in this episode of Just About Anything! Thanks for listening! Articles to read: Top ten breakthrough tech of 2017: https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2017/ The Boring Company: https://www.boringcompany.com Musk Flamethrower: https://goo.gl/NtvKhQ Lawmaker reaction: https://goo.gl/pXaocK Make your own flamethrower with Roland Lewis: https://goo.gl/J457Y2 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/justaboutanything)

This week Cut The Crap Podcast features a break down of the Amazon Best Seller, "Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything" by Ulrich Boser. Together Ulrich and I discuss the most important golden nuggets that we want you to take away from his book! ---------- Rate and review the show on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, SoundCloud, etc. Take a screen capture of your review. Send it to Ryan.Caligiuri@me.com and get entered into a draw every quarter for a prize over $1,000. Enter once and you're entered in the draw forever! ----------- Follow Ryan on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and SnapChat.   *Theme song credit to Fall Out Boy: My Song Knows What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ulrich Boser has unlocked the secrets of how to learn more efficiently and effectively, and he wants to share them with you. In our latest episode, Ulrich smashes conventional beliefs when it comes to how we train our brains to learn. He even points out someone like NBA star LeBron James isn't practicing and learning correctly. See what he means and how you can follow his lead by taking a listen to our latest episode!Ulrich Boser is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and writes and researches education issues. He is the author of Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything and is the founding director of the Center's science of learning initiative. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I’m a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and write and research education issues. I just finished a book on the new science of learning titled Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything. I’m also the founding director of the Center’s science of learning initiative. My research and writing have been featured everywhere from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” to the front page of USA Today. My work on school spending made headlines around the country and helped inspire initiatives to improve the effectiveness of education dollars. I have also developed legislation, advised political campaigns, and served as managing director of the Center’s education team. Before the Center, I worked as a contributing editor for U.S. News & World Report. I am also the author of The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why It Matters, which Forbes called “recommended reading” and Talking Points Memo described as “both comprehensive and engaging.” I also wrote The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Art Theft, which became a national best-seller. USA Today called The Gardner Heist “a public service,” while The Wall Street Journal described the book as “captivating.” My articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Slate, Smithsonian, Newsweek, US News and World Report, and Wired. I have also been an Arthur F. Burns Fellow, an adviser to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and have been featured on CNN, National Public Radio, and NBC’s Nightly News. My career has also included stints as a reporter, editor, and English teacher. I graduated from Dartmouth College with honors. NPR published a quiz based on my new book Learn Better. Follow the link to check it out and let me know what you think in the comments! Note that I give speeches and serve as a consultant for a variety of organizations. Email me at ulrich @ulrichboser.com or follow me on Twitter at @ulrichboser http://ulrichboser.com/

Do you want to be a great runner?  Do you want to perform at your best?  In Malcom Gladwell's best-selling book, Outliers - The Story of Success, we are introduced to the 10,000 hour rule.  Gladwell explains that we can become an expert at something if we do it for 10,000 hours.  This is based on research done by clinical psychologist, Anders Ericsson.  Anders expands on this theory by saying that the 10,000 hours must be done with deliberate practice.  TRN's East Coast Executive Producer, Andy Jones-Wilkins  joins The Nation with Magdalena Boulet discuss the idea of deliberate practice and how we can become much better by following its simple rules: Set good goals Break things down to simple movements and practice them with purpose Push yourself out of your comfort zone Get feedback AJW's article on Deliberate Practice Anders Ericsson's book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise Great podcast: Freakenomics - How to Become Great at Just About Anything

Ulrich Boser is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he examines education issues. He talks with Scott Titsworth about his recently published book, "Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything". For more information on the book, visit: http://ulrichboser.com/

Todos acreditam em alguns, mas nem todos sabem reconhecê-los como tais. O mundo está cada vez mais cheio de “fatos”; imutáveis e eternas “verdades”… ou seria cada vez mais cheio de mitos, meramente assim disfarçados? Veja bem. Curte o VB? Ajude-nos a mantê-lo no ar; seja nosso padrinho(a) a partir de R$1 por mês. Contate-nos por nosso WhatsApp (19-98908-1238) e/ou email: vejabem@vejabempodcast.com.br Encontre-nos também no: Facebook, Twitter e YouTube Referências: Sorry, but the 5-second rule was debunked by science yet again (artigo) How did Eratosthenes calculate the circumference of the Earth? (video) Mario Frangoulis (video) The Limits of “Grit” (artigo) How to Become Great at Just About Anything (podcast) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (livro) – patrocinado

Todos acreditam em alguns, mas nem todos sabem reconhecê-los como tais. O mundo está cada vez mais cheio de “fatos”; imutáveis e eternas “verdades”… ou seria cada vez mais cheio de mitos, meramente assim disfarçados? Veja bem. Curte o VB? Ajude-nos a mantê-lo no ar; seja nosso padrinho(a) a partir de R$1 por mês. Contate-nos por nosso WhatsApp (19-98908-1238) e/ou email: vejabem@vejabempodcast.com.br Encontre-nos também no: Facebook, Twitter e YouTube Referências: Sorry, but the 5-second rule was debunked by science yet again (artigo) How did Eratosthenes calculate the circumference of the Earth? (video) Mario Frangoulis (video) The Limits of “Grit” (artigo) How to Become Great at Just About Anything (podcast) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (livro) – patrocinado

Welcome to Episode 3 of Unusually Remarkable Life Podcast! In this session, I discuss the 3 things that inspire me most about being a woman: 1. Resilience 2. The Ability to Incubate...Just About Anything 3. Our Influence Power I also discuss 3 things that, as women, we can improve on to stay super sharp, laser focused, and unusually remarkable: 1. Comparing Ourselves to Others 2. Celebrate Other Woman 3. Celebrate YOURSELF! Hope you enjoy. As always, leave a comment and share with your family and friends! xoxo - Achie

Kathy Radigan is a writer, blogger, social media addict, mom to three, wife to one and owner of a possessed appliance. She posts a weekly essay each Sunday on her blog, My dishwasher's possessed! Kathy is the author of the viral post An Open Letter to My Teenage Son About Drinking and is a contributing author to three anthologies, Motherhood May Cause Drowsiness, Sunshine After the Storm: a survival guide for the grieving mother, and The HerStories Project: Women Explore the Joy, Pain and Power of Female Friendship. She is a Huffington Post Blogger and a contributor to What the Flicka and Scary Mommy. Her work has also been featured on, Yahoo, Elephant Journal, What to Expect,and other online publications. Kathy lives outside New York City with her family. In this episode of the Boss Mom podcast, Dana chats with Kathy about her journey being an at home mom to a work at home mom, the process of syndicating her writing, and the tools Kathy uses to manage her business. Let's dive right in. Listen to the podcast:  Subscribe to the Boss Mom podcast in iTunes.  What you'll hear on this episode of the Boss Mom podcast:  Kathy's journey from a mom who lived and died by her kid's schedule to a successful writer and blogger Why Kathy decided to step away a successful magazine she started. The process of syndicating her writing and why she only writes once a week. How Kathy decides what to write about. How Kathy manages the overwhelm. What happened when Kathy struck up a conversation with a stranger and how that effected her business. The tools Kathy uses to run her business. What Kathy does to take care of herself. Recommended links and resources:  Beyond Your Blog, a website that helps you learn how to syndicate your work Other websites to syndicate on: Mamapedia, BlogHer, Today Parenting  The Secret by Rhonda Byrne An Open Letter to My Teenage Son About Drinking  Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert The Brief History of Just About Anything  by Bill Bryson (get it on audio) Kathy's favorite blogs to read: Science of Parenthood (fun parenting advice with pictures) Grown and Flown (teen and young adult parenting) Rubber Shoes in Hell, Laugh Lines, and So Then Stories (to make you laugh) An Inch of Gray (to make you cry and smile at the same time) Scary Mommy (great for parting advice for the imperfect parent) Can I quote you on that?  For the first 11 years of my motherhood, I could never thing of going into business. I was too busy with my kids. - Kathy I started from scratch, just like everyone does. - Kathy I went viral and it took me to a new level. - Kathy You have goals and things happen organically. And then there is a snowball effect. My kids spark my whole passion for everything. - Kathy When life gets crazy, I like to call my parents. - Kathy When I look at all of the challenges I have in my day to day, I just can't sweat the small stuff. - Kathy My business is a family affair. - Kathy I always say yes to everything. I can work out the details later. - Kathy If the Today Show calls, you go. - Kathy If you've got a new opportunity, say yes to the adventure. -Kathy I don't use a lot of technology. Instead, I use my time well and ask for help when I need it. - Kathy If you want to do something new, start small. Do one thing well, if that's all you can do. - Kathy Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of. - Kathy I screw up daily and that's okay. The world has not come to an end. Instead of beating myself up, I try to learn from it. - Kathy I started my own business because I wanted to do what I love. - Dana Connect with Dana:  Instagram / Periscope Connect with Kathy:  Website /  Facebook / Twitter / Google +

In this “Weekend Why” episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn why a gecko’s feet can stick to *almost* anything. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: Daily Knowledge Podcast The post Podcast Episode #81: Why Geckos’ Feet Can Stick to Just About Anything appeared first on Today I Found Out.