Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better

Praise for Practice Perfect

"There are no shortcuts to success, whether it be in education, sports, or business. The authors of Practice Perfect provide a clear-cut, common-sense blueprint for what we all need to know to create practice habits that ensure permanent, sustainable results."
-Michael D. Eisner, former chairman and chief executive officer, Walt Disney Co.; founder, The Tornante Company; cofounder, The Eisner Foundation

"If you want to improve your own-or someone else's-performance, you've got to read this book. With Practice Perfect, the authors have given everyone a great gift. They've handed over the key that unlocks excellence."
-Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge; Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

"If you are interested in getting better at anything (or helping someone else get better), then this book, with its excellent collection of techniques and tools, should be your field guide."
-Daniel H. Pink, author, Drive and A Whole New Mind

"A timely, winning, and approachable proposition! The pursuit of improvement through the development of a disciplined approach to practice is an essential element to success."
-Douglas R. Conant, former president, chief executive officer, and director, Campbell Soup Company; New York Times bestselling author, TouchPoints; ASTD 2012 Champion of Workplace Learning and Performance

"It's become conventional wisdom that the path to excellence is paved with hours and hours of practice. Here the authors provide practical guidance for how anyone can use carefully selected but??relatively simple tasks to ensure these hours of practice lead to excellence."
-Kathleen Porter-Magee, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow; senior director, High Quality Standards Initiative, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

"Practice Perfect will provide a recipe for organizations that are committed to their people-to helping them grow and get better in simple but powerful ways."
-Jean-Claude Brizard, chief executive officer, Chicago Public Schools