Frameworks · Mind · 146

Practice explains some, not all

Train like practice matters. Never tell anyone they failed for not grinding.

SCWe reviewed the research on it.Learning and self-belief

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 146, Practice explains some, not all: Train like practice matters. Never tell anyone they failed for not grinding.
Framework 146 · in one look
How to use it

Practice matters a great deal, but in the biggest analysis it explained about a quarter of skill differences in games and a fifth in music, and less elsewhere. Train like practice matters. Never tell anyone they failed because they didn't grind enough.

How sure we are

S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.

C Evidence: contested. The research disagrees. Named, so you can stop worrying about it.

Sources

Macnamara, Hambrick & Oswald 2014 (157 effect sizes). How to interpret it is still argued.

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