Daily bread 12/05/2017

• ESL Lesson Plan on Married People - Breaking News English Lesson

  • marital bliss
  • cortisol
  • saliva
  • widowed
  • regulates
  • inflammation
  • intimate social relationships

• Would, Used To Or Simple Past

  tags: used_to

• Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence – Brain Pickings

  • You have to tweak the system by pushing
  • the main predictor of success is deliberate practice
  • persistent training to which you give your full concentration rather than just your time
  • often guided by a skilled expert, coach, or mentor
  • experts did so with full concentration on improving a particular aspect of their performance that a master teacher identified.
  • a second necessary element: a feedback loop that allows you to spot errors as they occur and correct them, much like ballet dancers use mirrors during practice.
  • Ideally that feedback comes from someone with an expert eye and so every world-class sports champion has a coach. If you practice without such feedback, you don’t get to the top ranks.
  • The feedback matters and the concentration does, too — not just the hours.
  • Paying full attention seems to boost the mind’s processing speed, strengthen synaptic connections, and expand or create neural networks for what we are practicing.
  • The experts, in contrast, keep paying attention top-down, intentionally counteracting the brain’s urge to automatize routines. They concentrate actively on those moves they have yet to perfect, on correcting what’s not working in their game, and on refining their mental models of how to play the game, or focusing on the particulars of feedback from a seasoned coach. Those at the top never stop learning: if at any point they start coasting and stop such smart practice, too much of their game becomes bottom-up and their skills plateau.
  • Focused attention, like willpower, is like a muscle and gets fatigued with exertion:
  • limit arduous practice
  • Rest and restoring physical and mental energy
  • Optimal practice maintains optimal concentration.

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