It’s a universal fact that if one wants to get better at anything they must practice, The Article “Peak Performance: why records fall”, by Daniel Goleman shows evidence how much an individual can improve their abilities through practice. According to the article individuals who holds world records in their respective area of competitions goes through intense training for years. World records in all areas been shattered in the last 100 years because of such intense training. The article states that the “marathon gold medalist’s time in the 1860 Olympic games is only about as good as the qualifying time for the Boston marathon”, these shows how much of a difference can practice make.
The most compelling moment in this article is when it states that the Marathon gold medalist’s time in the 1860 Olympics games, was by 1990, only about as good as the qualifying time for the Boston Marathon, and Dr. Ericson taught college students to listen to listen to a list of as many as 102 random digits and then recite it correctly. This is compelling because it shows how much we as human can improve our skills at anything, and anything we consider impossible today can to achieve in the near future.
The authors purpose for writing this article would be to motivate ad inform the readers that anything is possible through hard work and dedication. Any barriers can be broken if we work hard enough.