The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown
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- Author：Daniel Coyle
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Summary
'Talent。 You've either got it or you haven't。' Not true， actually。
In The Talent Code， award-winning journalist Daniel Coyle draws on cutting-edge research to reveal that， far from being some abstract mystical power fixed at birth， ability really can be created and nurtured。
In the process， he considers talent at work in venues as diverse as a music school in Dallas and a tennis academy near Moscow to demonstrate how the wiring of our brains can be transformed by the way we approach particular tasks。 He explains what is really going on when apparently unremarkable people suddenly make a major leap forward。 He reveals why some teaching methods are so much more effective than others。 Above all， he shows how all of us can achieve our full potential if we set about training our brains in the right way。
In The Talent Code， award-winning journalist Daniel Coyle draws on cutting-edge research to reveal that， far from being some abstract mystical power fixed at birth， ability really can be created and nurtured。
In the process， he considers talent at work in venues as diverse as a music school in Dallas and a tennis academy near Moscow to demonstrate how the wiring of our brains can be transformed by the way we approach particular tasks。 He explains what is really going on when apparently unremarkable people suddenly make a major leap forward。 He reveals why some teaching methods are so much more effective than others。 Above all， he shows how all of us can achieve our full potential if we set about training our brains in the right way。
Reviews
Sarah
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DNF。 I didn’t care for the writing style or the audiobook narrator， personally。
Ante Rogosic
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„Talent。 You’ve either got it or you haven’t。” Not true， actually。 Forget about the talent and start putting in the dedicated effort， as all professionals do。 The book about deep practice， myelin （I bet you have never heard of it）， and a lot of other important parts of a successful career in sport and art。 Daniel Coyle is the New York Times best-selling author of The Culture Code， The Secret Race， The Little Book of Talent， The Talent Code， Lance Armstrong’s War， Hardball: A Season in the Projec „Talent。 You’ve either got it or you haven’t。” Not true， actually。 Forget about the talent and start putting in the dedicated effort， as all professionals do。 The book about deep practice， myelin （I bet you have never heard of it）， and a lot of other important parts of a successful career in sport and art。 Daniel Coyle is the New York Times best-selling author of The Culture Code， The Secret Race， The Little Book of Talent， The Talent Code， Lance Armstrong’s War， Hardball: A Season in the Projects， and the novel Waking Samuel。 Winner （with Tyler Hamilton） of the 2012 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prize， he is a contributing editor for Outside magazine， and also works as a special advisor to the Cleveland Indians。 。。。more
Bobby Zache
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Read The Talent Code along with Make It Stick。 You will not be disappointed。
ChalShire
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A step down from Coyle's later book Culture Code， but still a great book on myelination and a well-evidenced report on how to attain a skill。 The point is there is a lot of truth to the maxim that practice and hard work lead to mastery。 A step down from Coyle's later book Culture Code， but still a great book on myelination and a well-evidenced report on how to attain a skill。 The point is there is a lot of truth to the maxim that practice and hard work lead to mastery。 。。。more
Soumya Das
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The book changes your view and generally expected beliefs （that you might have heared from everyone around you） about Talent and Talented People in general （ it gives you good examples on why seemingly over night successes are actually result of years of "deep practice"） and gets in depth in the science of acquiring skills and mastering those skills 。 The book changes your view and generally expected beliefs （that you might have heared from everyone around you） about Talent and Talented People in general （ it gives you good examples on why seemingly over night successes are actually result of years of "deep practice"） and gets in depth in the science of acquiring skills and mastering those skills 。 。。。more
Maria
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Very inspiring， full of accurate scientific research， examples and analogies that shed a new light on my everyday process of myelination。 It is a wonderful book in every way， living up to my expectations。 Looking forward to applying these deep practice methods on my skill-acquiring journey with gratitude and respect for Daniel Coyle for writing this book。
Tim Barnes
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A very interesting and worthwhile book for anyone who aspires to teach or learn effectively （most of us， I imagine）。 The discussion of the physi0logy of skill acquisition was of some interest， and helps to motivate the larger argument about intensity of effort and repetition， but the detailed accounts of effective teaching and practice methods is invaluable。
Timothy S Stone
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You can try to hire， recruit， and draft talent and it's a gamble。 But the principles and practical applications Coyle lays out in The Talent Code seem universal。 How we learn， how we grow and the exponential effect of staying just outside the edge of our capabilities were great insights。 Highly recommend to anyone who leads， teaches， coaches， or dreams to someday。 You can try to hire， recruit， and draft talent and it's a gamble。 But the principles and practical applications Coyle lays out in The Talent Code seem universal。 How we learn， how we grow and the exponential effect of staying just outside the edge of our capabilities were great insights。 Highly recommend to anyone who leads， teaches， coaches， or dreams to someday。 。。。more
Matt
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I appreciated this book。 It presents a clear argument for how to improve talent in any endeavor。 Its thesis: skill is insulation that wraps around neural circuits and grows according to certain signals。 It is a quick read full of vivid anecdotes to illustrate broader points。 It isn't quite as science-based as I'd like （and it has a question 10，000 hours rule interpretation）， but it has some really strong theories that I can learn and apply to my life right away。 I appreciated this book。 It presents a clear argument for how to improve talent in any endeavor。 Its thesis: skill is insulation that wraps around neural circuits and grows according to certain signals。 It is a quick read full of vivid anecdotes to illustrate broader points。 It isn't quite as science-based as I'd like （and it has a question 10，000 hours rule interpretation）， but it has some really strong theories that I can learn and apply to my life right away。 。。。more
Barbara
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Very useful information， glad I read it。 Filled with inspiration and information on becoming better at what you love to do in life。
Lyndon Bailey
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Interesting， a little far fetched， the over use of myelin as a buzzword is annoying。
Joseph
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This book could have been an article， mainly focusing on the importance of deliberate practice， with two small supporting sections about motivation and coaching。
Miriam Meneely
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This was recommended to me by my court reporting teacher bc he said it changed his life and the way he practiced。 He holds the Guinness book of world record as fastest court reporter so I listened to the audiobook to find out the secrets！ The book was hard to get through， I got bored with it， but in the end I’m glad I read it and I learned a few things。
Brian Pevensie
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Decent， but it pales in comparison to Coyle's The Culture Code。 This has some good ideas， but could have been presented in an hour， rather than 6。 Decent， but it pales in comparison to Coyle's The Culture Code。 This has some good ideas， but could have been presented in an hour， rather than 6。 。。。more
Jennings Woerz
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I was intrigued by the ideas discussed in this book， but I felt that it was somewhat repetitive。
William Yip
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The passages about orphans doing well in politics and other fields reeked of survivorship bias。 Sometimes， the author made extrapolations from small sample sizes though the samples did deal with world-class athletes。 He was repetitive about myelin building skill， saying the same sentence over and over again。 That said， the author did a lot of research， talked with a variety of people， and made pertinent observations on how to grow skill and talent through deep/deliberate/targeted practice。 Becau The passages about orphans doing well in politics and other fields reeked of survivorship bias。 Sometimes， the author made extrapolations from small sample sizes though the samples did deal with world-class athletes。 He was repetitive about myelin building skill， saying the same sentence over and over again。 That said， the author did a lot of research， talked with a variety of people， and made pertinent observations on how to grow skill and talent through deep/deliberate/targeted practice。 Because of the way myelin works， skill growth can happen in any field: art， athletics， music， socializing， teaching。 I appreciated the emphasis that errors and mistakes are not bad things， they show areas of weakness that need to be strengthened; a person will be more skilled after fixing those errors。 I liked the insight about how an encouraging environment and good teaching/coaching are vital to keep people wanting to endeavor at a certain skill。 I enjoyed the passages about hotbeds of talent that arose in Renaissance Italy among other areas such as Russia and South Korea due to the surprise success of a female athlete in tennis and golf respectively。 。。。more
Shraddha Singh
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Great book which demystifies the classic case of "overnight success" and what really goes on behind the scene。 Recommended read for those interested in cognitive psychology。 Great book which demystifies the classic case of "overnight success" and what really goes on behind the scene。 Recommended read for those interested in cognitive psychology。 。。。more
Palatine Library
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How does the tiny Dominican Republic produce one of every nine top class baseball players？The answer lies in The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle。 Using real scientific studies and first handresearch， Coyle identifies three ways for you to optimize your performance in just aboutanything， whether that be learning an instrument， playing a sport， writing a novel， teaching aclass， and much more。Coyle breaks the three keys to talent up like so: deep practice， ignition， and master coaching。These three thin How does the tiny Dominican Republic produce one of every nine top class baseball players？The answer lies in The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle。 Using real scientific studies and first handresearch， Coyle identifies three ways for you to optimize your performance in just aboutanything， whether that be learning an instrument， playing a sport， writing a novel， teaching aclass， and much more。Coyle breaks the three keys to talent up like so: deep practice， ignition， and master coaching。These three things work in conjunction inside your brain， forming a substance called myelin。Myelin sheath， as it’s also known， is a microscopic material that forms around the nerves in yourbrain， adding significant amounts of speed to your movements and thoughts。 Even though it’sonly a recent discovery， many see it as the holy grail of success。 The great thing is， you aren’tborn with a finite amount of myelin， it’s built up during the course of your lifetime， meaning talentcan be too。In an engaging and information dense book， Coyle’s insight on the cultivation of talentencouraged me， and opened my eyes to my own potential， and that of those around me。 Thisbook is a must-read for coaches， teachers， businesspeople， and parents， but anyone wouldbenefit from reading it， it’s contents are applicable pretty much anywhere。 This is by far the mostpractical and useful book I have ever read， well deserving of 5 stars。 - Cole M。 。。。more
Marcy Kennedy
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4。5 stars。 This was a very readable introduction to deliberate practice。
Andrah Lake
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Interesting read！
Nino
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Oligodendrocytes are the spiders of our brains :）
Tara
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TLDR: success depends way more on dedicated effort， hard work， intentional practice， correcting mistakes， being okay with and learning from failure， and being open to feedback than it depends on any kind of luck or innate/inherent ability。 That’s this book’s theory， anyway。 This book goes into many examples of how this works and how the brain develops skills based on practice。When I started climbing， I became immediately obsessed with and passionate about it。 I immediately dove in to trying hard TLDR: success depends way more on dedicated effort， hard work， intentional practice， correcting mistakes， being okay with and learning from failure， and being open to feedback than it depends on any kind of luck or innate/inherent ability。 That’s this book’s theory， anyway。 This book goes into many examples of how this works and how the brain develops skills based on practice。When I started climbing， I became immediately obsessed with and passionate about it。 I immediately dove in to trying hard to perfect my skills， always trying to correct mistakes and do things better， and analyzing everything I did to see what went wrong， what could be better， etc。 I went to the gym every single day， and even if I was resting I would observe other climbers and try to learn from them。 Every time I would get on the wall it would be intentional， trying to get better。 Because I cared more about climbing outside I would try to get outside and climb outside as much as possible， and try to climb a variety of different routes to get as much practice as possible。 I progressed pretty fast， but it was due to my dedication and very hard work。 It was a slap in the face to hear people say “you’re so lucky to be naturally good at climbing” or “it must be nice to be naturally good at this。” I wasn’t， I just practiced a lot and tried really hard to be better all the time。 Saying it’s all luck is kind of a cop out， even if there might be a slight element of luck。Anyway， you might be limiting yourself if you think you’re just bad at something or not naturally talented at it。 Put in the work and you can get there。 。。。more
Iona
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This book gave me a better understanding of how to practice efficiently。 I'd day it was really interesting and did help， bur it wasn't life changing。 This book gave me a better understanding of how to practice efficiently。 I'd day it was really interesting and did help， bur it wasn't life changing。 。。。more
فرّاج
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كتاب عملي ومفيد ألقى الضوء على مفهوم الموهبة من منظور العلم التجريبي
Nolan
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Create mylin through deliberate practice
StarszBooks
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3。5 ⭐️
Ammar
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اهم درس تعلمته من الكتاب ان الموهبة تأتي بعد التدريب العميق ولا نولد بها فالمهارة هي طبقة عازلة من المايلين تلتف على الدوائر العصبية وتنمو وفق إشارات معينة。
Vitaly
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Прописные истины， простейшие идеи， щепотка биологии и океан мыслей о том， что правильно и что не правильно я делал， когда сам обучал людей。 Хорошая книжка， что бы расставить по местам базовые идеи。
KelBelTX
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A really good book to break down and understand what makes “talent” a reality。 It’s all about ignition and deep practice。 You have to find the passion and then practice intentionally。 There were some great stories in there about average people who had a spark， practiced deeply and then became a master at their craft！
Scott Magill
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