Here’s a list of books recommended by Barking up the wrong tree if you want to teach yourself to become an expert:
- Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
- Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To
- Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries
- The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
- Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
- Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
- The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How
Alternatively, if you don’t like reading:
The documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” is one of the best reviewed films of the past year and gives an excellent portrayal of the (extreme) expert mindset.