The Talent Code
Daniel Coyle is a contributing editor for Outside magazine and the author of the New York Times bestseller Lance Armstrong's War and Hardball: A Season in the Projects. He resides in Homer, Alaska, with his wife and four children, and coaches a rapidly improving Little League team.
What is the key to talent? How do we get it? Daniel Coyle, a journalist and New York Times bestselling author, gives techniques for parents, teachers, coaches, executives, and everyone else to maximize potential in themselves and others in this breakthrough work.
Whether you're coaching soccer or teaching a youngster to play the piano, writing a novel or trying to improve your golf swing, The Talent Code demonstrates how to develop ability by utilizing a recently discovered brain process.
Coyle identifies the three key elements that will allow you to develop your gifts and optimize your performance in sports, art, music, math, or just about anything, based on cutting-edge neurology and firsthand research gathered on journeys to nine of the world's talent hotbeds—from the baseball fields of the Caribbean to a classical-music academy in upstate New York.
- Deep Practice—Everyone understands that practice is essential for success. What most people don't realize is that certain types of practice can enhance skill up to ten times faster than traditional practice.
- Ignition—To get started, we all need a little motivation. But what distinguishes really top performers from the pack? Passion is a deeper level of commitment developed from our most inner needs and aroused by specific primordial signs. Understanding how these signals function will assist you in igniting passion and catalyzing skill development.
- Master Coaching—What are the world's most effective teachers, trainers, and coaches' secrets? Discover the four traits that enable these "talent whisperers" to energise their pupils, stimulate deep practice, and bring out the best in them.
These three elements combine within your brain to make myelin, a small neuronal material that increases the speed and accuracy of your motions and thoughts. Myelin has been revealed by scientists to be the holy grail: the root of all forms of excellence, from Michelangelo's to Michael Jordan's. The good news is that myelin does not become permanent at birth; rather, it expands, and like anything that grows, it can be grown and fed.
The Talent Code will not only revolutionize the way you think about talent, but will also equip you to attain your full potential by combining revelatory analysis with illuminating instances of ordinary individuals who have reached greatness. The book is one of the best books on coaching that will make you a better coach.
Author: Daniel Coyle
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