Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery
Book formats
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Hardcover No offers
Book short specifications
- Author
- Roger Kneebone
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Viking
- Language
- english
- Release date
- August 27, 2020
- ISBN
- 978-0-241-39203-4
- GTIN
- 9780241392034
- Weight, g
- 468
- Publisher's website
- penguin.co.uk
About
* Paperback edition publishes 26 August 2021 *
'Roger Kneebone is a legend' Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff Matters
'Fascinating and inspiring' Financial Times
'The pandemic has made the necessity of relying on experts evident to all ... this is a rich exploration of lifelong learning' Guardian
What could a lacemaker have in common with vascular surgeons? A Savile Row tailor with molecular scientists? A fighter pilot with jazz musicians? At first glance, very little. But Roger Kneebone is the expert on experts, having spent a lifetime finding the connections.
In Expert, he combines his own experiences as a doctor with insights from extraordinary people and cutting-edge research to map out the path we're all following — from 'doing time' as an Apprentice, to developing your 'voice' and taking on responsibility as a Journeyman, to finally becoming a Master and passing on your skills. As Kneebone shows, although each outcome is different, the journey is always the same.
Whether you're developing a new career, studying a language, learning a musical instrument or simply becoming the person you want to be, this ground-breaking book reveals the path to mastery.