We have all experienced failure or “hitting a wall” when we challenge ourselves. What should you do if you still want to improve? Deliberate practice provides an answer. Also, for anyone who tuned in to episode 7 and is interested in the "long haul" of fighting JDM bias, deliberate practice can help! Dr. Jong Sung Yoon, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of South Dakota; he is friends and colleagues with Kyle Harwell, who will receive his PhD in cognitive psychology in the summer of 2022. Kyle has the distinction of being the last graduate student of Dr. Anders Ericsson, PhD. Kyle Harwell has worked on several studies of the relationship between experts’ practice histories and their performance, as well as the use of video games for studying learning and skill development. A wonderful review of deliberate practice is in the Journal of Expertise, https://www.journalofexpertise.org/articles/volume4_issue2/JoE_4_2_Harwell_Southwick.pdf. Another important link is to one of Dr. Yoon’s papers: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10459-020-09963-0 A book that I love is Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UEU71HR7FBAQ&keywords=ericsson+peak&qid=1647749929&sprefix=ericsson+peak%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1 by Dr. Anders Ericsson, PhD a book that covers in depth expert performance and deliberate practice.