Chapter 5: Principles of Deliberate Practice on the Job

Practicing while getting work done

The top gun approach to learning

Knowledge versus skills

A new approach to training

SUMMARY

The deliberate-practice mindset gives us a message that anyone can improve with right approach. In other words, improvement lies in figuring out what the "right way" is.

To improve through deliberate practice, we can practice while getting work done and learn while real work gets done. The top gun approach is a famous and successful example. It can also be applied to many other situations of trainings and in a wide variety of areas in which people could benefit from practicing something over and over again "offline", something like simulator practice. These practice will turn into effective mental representations and lead us to improvements.

词汇积累

Doing the same thing over and over again in exactly the same way is not a recipe for improvement; it is a recipe for stagnation and gradual decline.

recipe n. 诀窍，方法；食谱；烹饪法。本句中的用法是be a recipe for something，意思是to be likely to cause a particular result, often a bad one

例句：She said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster, not a holiday.

stagnation n. 停滞；滞止；萧条；迟钝

This is the rationale behind using simulators to train pilots, surgeons, and many others in high-stakes professions.

rationale n. the reasons for a decision, belief etc, 常见用法：rationale behind/for/of

例句：The rationale behind the changes is not at all evident.

造句：The rationale of this method is to use simulators to train people in high-stakes professionals.

high-stake adj. 高风险的