The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success

By Bob Sullivan, Hugh Thompson

Categories: Self-Help

Journalist Bob Sullivan and security expert Hugh Thompson explain why progress in learning, fitness, work and relationships often stalls. They describe the plateau effect, in which things that once worked stop working, and identify causes such as immunity, greedy algorithms, bad timing and distractions. Using research and stories, the authors offer strategies for breaking through plateaus and keeping improvement going.

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• Shane Parrish: “The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success, by Hugh Thompson and Bob Sullivan. I’m not entirely swayed by this book, but the parts on Angela Duckworth (pages 65-73), peak listening (183-185), and spaced repetition were pretty neat.”