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 *Train to improve.*

## Sources
### Performance Psychology
dates:: 2011
people:: [Duncan R.D.Mascarenhas*](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443067341000171#!)[Nickolas C.Smith†](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443067341000171#!)
URL:: [Link](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443067341000171)


Deliberate practice is defined as being effortful in nature, with the main goal of personal improvement of performance rather than enjoyment, and is often performed without immediate reward.

From: [Performance Psychology, 2011](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443067341000171)

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### Sports and Creativity
dates:: 2011
people:: D. Memmert, in [Encyclopedia of Creativity (Second Edition)](https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780123750389/encyclopedia-of-creativity), 2011
URL:: [Link](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123750389002077)

#### Deliberate Practice

The term ‘deliberate practice’ refers to targeted and task-centered training programs based on instructions.

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### The Expert Performance Approach and Deliberate Practice
dates:: 2012
people:: K. Anders Ericsson, Jerad H. Moxley, in [Handbook of Organizational Creativity](https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123747143/handbook-of-organizational-creativity), 2012
URL:: [Link](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123747143000070)

Deliberate practice as we have described it can be thought of as something clearly different from most types of experience in the workplace and everyday life.

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