In the learning process, we all know the importance of "deliberate practice" to gain knowledge. But there is not necessarily a deep understanding of how to do it on purpose. So, in this part, we will explain how to practice deliberately in order to truly achieve practice makes perfect. It can be said that deliberate practice is a common learning method, and it is the only way to become a master of learning.
In order to make it easier for everyone, I have summarized the three key points of deliberate practice: goal, breakthrough, and feedback.
Expanding on these three points, deliberate practice is: first identify the goal you want to achieve through practice, constantly push the boundaries of your ability in the process of practice, and have a mentor or coach give feedback on your performance, step by step, and finally achieve your goal.
Next, let's take a look at how to do it.
1. Exercise with a goal
The first thing to do is to have a clear goal of the practice, that is, what kind of results you want to achieve in the end. Establishing clear goals can effectively guide your practice, and it can also help you disassemble your practice steps step by step, so that your practice can be implemented and finally realized.
The biggest difference between deliberate practice and normal practice is that you're doing it specifically, not just playing around. For example, if you are practicing shooting, instead of shooting aimlessly, you will definitely practice much better if you set a goal of "shooting at a three-point point and scoring at least 5 out of 10 shots, and do two sets in a row".
So, you see, why it's all about basketball, some people have been stagnant at that level, and some people are growing up day by day, and the biggest reason is whether they have set clear goals for themselves.
People who practice deliberately set themselves the goal of "I want to learn how to make a three-step layup today and score every time" when they play for the first time;And the next time he plays, he will set himself the goal of "today I want to learn to pass three consecutive layups and not fail". People who play like this will become masters over time. While they may not realize that they are practicing deliberately, they have actually done so.
Also, if your practice doesn't have a goal, there's no way to tell if it's working. If you don't reach your goal, you will think about what went wrong, and the next time you practice, you will practice and improve in a targeted manner, solve the problems one by one, and finally achieve your goal.
Second, break through the boundaries of capabilities little by little
If you want to get a perfect score on your math exam, you need to do some difficult questions, instead of staying in your comfort zone and just doing the easy math problems, so that your math level will never improve.
Many of you know that breaking out of your comfort zone is a great way to improve yourself. It's the same with deliberate practice, in order to be effective, you must break through the boundaries of your abilities, which are equivalent to your comfort zone.
So, how do we break out of our comfort zone and push the boundaries of our capabilities?
In the part of how to brush questions, we talked about how to effectively brush questions is also to constantly break through the comfort zone, and constantly turn the challenge area into a comfort zone little by little. In fact, this kind of effective brushing is a kind of deliberate practice.
Any practice and growth is gradual. The city of Rome was not built in a day, and no one can become a fat man in one bite, everything requires a process. Therefore, in the process of deliberate practice, you need to disassemble your current ultimate goal into small goals, and then break through the boundaries of ability step by step, achieve small goals, and finally achieve the ultimate goal.
For example, if you want to become a basketball three-point champion and shoot 8 out of 10, and you start with 3 of 10 shots, then your small goal is to make 4 of 10 shots, then 5 of 5, and so on. If you start with 8-of-10 shooting, it's impossible.
In addition, in this deliberate practice of improving yourself step by step, you will become more and more confident in achieving your ultimate goal because of your continuous achievements.
3. Feedback should be given during the exercise
The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. In the process of deliberate practice, it is difficult for a person to see what problems he has, and someone needs to give feedback in timeOnly by finding their own problems and adjusting them in time can they effectively improve.
Friends who have learned to draw, sing, or other skills must have had such an experience. The teacher teaches you how to practice, you go back to practice, and then hand in the work. The teacher will point out to you what you did well, what you didn't do well, and how you should improve what you didn't do well. Only then will your practice be more efficient. You think, if you learn to sing, the teacher will teach you all the ways to sing, and then you will practice it yourselfAfter practicing, you don't know if you can sing right or not, and how well you control your breath. Therefore, without feedback, it is difficult for a person to improve, just like a fly without a head.
That's the importance of feedback in deliberate practice. In the process of deliberate practice, we need to find a mentor or coach for ourselves. If you can find a master in your field, it's best to ask him to give feedback on your practice.
If you can't find it, you can also adjust it according to other people's reactions during the practice. For example, if you're a short-form blogger, the reactions your users and followers give you, and your popularity, are all feedback for you.
Of course, don't forget that you're a good feedbacker yourself. You can analyze your practice so that you can give objective feedback and guide yourself to practice better.
Based on the three key points of deliberate practice, you will find that deliberate practice is to enter the cycle of "breakthrough practice, feedback and improvement practice", constantly improve yourself, and finally achieve mastery of one thing.
The above three key points of deliberate practice will hopefully help you learn.