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ORIGINAL BOOK The Talent Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. Hardcover – April 28, 2009 by Daniel Coyle (Author)

What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople—and everyone else—with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.

Whether you’re coaching soccer or teaching a child to play the piano, writing a novel or trying to improve your golf swing, this revolutionary book shows you how to grow talent by tapping into a newly discovered brain mechanism.

Drawing 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—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.

• Deep Practice--Everyone knows that practice is a key to success. What everyone doesn’t know is that specific kinds of practice can increase skill up to ten times faster than conventional practice.

• Ignition--We all need a little motivation to get started. But what separates truly high achievers from the rest of the pack? A higher level of commitment—call it passion—born out of our deepest unconscious desires and triggered by certain primal cues. Understanding how these signals work can help you ignite passion and catalyze skill development.

• Master Coaching--What are the secrets of the world’s most effective teachers, trainers, and coaches? Discover the four virtues that enable these “talent whisperers” to fuel passion, inspire deep practice, and bring out the best in their students.

These three elements work together within your brain to form myelin, a microscopic neural substance that adds vast amounts of speed and accuracy to your movements and thoughts. Scientists have discovered that myelin might just be the holy the foundation of all forms of greatness, from Michelangelo’s to Michael Jordan’s. The good news about myelin is that it isn’t fixed at birth; to the contrary, it grows, and like anything that grows, it can be cultivated and nourished.

Combining revelatory analysis with illuminating examples of regular people who have achieved greatness, this book will not only change the way you think about talent, but equip you to reach your own highest potential.
Product Details
256 pages
Bantam; 1 edition (April 28, 2009)
English
055380684X
978-0553806847
Product 5.8 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Shipping 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (532 customer reviews)
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[April Dannelly-Schenck · Rating 5 out of 5]

I particularly enjoyed the last 2/3 of this book. The first section scientifically backs up the author's thesis that talent is not innate, but grown. While this was important to the author's point, I was more interested in the practical applications of developing myelin, and particularly of creating ignition. It proved applicable to my life as an educator, and I believe it would also be incredibly helpful for parents.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unable to say how and what a dramatic change I have made to my approach in developing any new or previously learned skill, I can only say that being a guitarist I was able to turn my novice skills and techniques into, progressive and continuous stretch towards, virtuosity. I hear this often..."You are so talented!" Whaaaaaaaat?" You have no idea how hard I have worked to get here. Thank you for this wisdom,

[Kushani De Silva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Case studies used in this book is more directed towards sports and art. A person who doesn’t know the nuts and balls of the particular cases of sports and art case studies, the book might fail to reveal the code of talent.

[Jacqueline Helm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our dog trainer recommended this book. While it’s not about dog training there we’re many parrells on how one learns and acquires skills. We aren’t born being amazing at something. It requires deep practice, failure and repetition to become great.

[Hao Vu · Rating 1 out of 5]

Jesus Freaking Christ! I didn’t finish this book because life is too short to waste on this mumble-jumble-stating-the-obvious book.

[pnut · Rating 3 out of 5]

very long chapters. i knew this was gonna be science-y coming into it, but boy was it science-y lol. just a little too much of that for me. but still interesting

[Nat Newman · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good overview of why deep practice is important, but I would have liked more insight into practical techniques I can employ in my own practice. I will however use some of the info in my teaching.

[Priscilla Pohlen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderfully insightful! Daniel Coyle really did his research and the correlations he found between every kind of talent across the world was truly fascinating! I am now reading his The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.