This book explores how we learn new skills and knowledge. The book also focuses on how we become experts. Currently, there is an understanding that experts and expertise are made, and thus, deliberate practice and follow-up are needed over time to excel over the years. This volume will also analyze which factors may be important to be able to train your brain and behavior to develop expertise. Passion may be one such factor; others may be grit and a growth mindset.

Builds upon decades of research in learning and skill development Encourages and teaches readers how to develop their skills and passions Provides clear guidance on how to drive and develop motivation

Autorentext

Hermundur Sigmundsson (b. 1964) is from Iceland. He is a professor of biological psychology at the Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Hermundur research focuses on learning, skill development, motivational factors, flow, and well-being. He has been an active researcher for 31 years with over 130 international publications and 8 books in the Norwegian language. Magdalena Elnes (b.1994) was born in Poland and moved to Norway with her family when she was 11. Already at that time, she aspired to become a researcher. Her passion for the field of psychology developed while she was a part of HS's research group at NTNU. Today, as a PhD student at Oslo Metropolitan University, she investigates gender differences in how the environment influences cognitive development in children, continuing to explore and nurture her passion.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Development.- Chapter 2. What is trained develops!.- Chapter 3. To become experts!.- Chapter 4. Motion, relation, passion.- Chapter 5. Conclusion.