The Talent Code
Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
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The Talent Code
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Narrated by:
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John Farrell
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Written by:
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Daniel Coyle
About this listen
What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? This groundbreaking work provides listeners 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 grail: 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.
©2009 Daniel Coyle (P)2019 Random House AudioWhat the critics say
"I only wish I'd never before used the words 'breakthrough' or 'breathtaking' or 'magisterial' or 'stunning achievement' or 'your world will never be the same after you read this book.' Then I could be using them for the first and only time as I describe my reaction to Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code. I am even willing to 'guarantee' that you will not read a more important and useful book in 2009, or pretty much any other year. And if all that's not enough, it's also 'a helluva good read'." (Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence)
"This is a remarkable - even inspiring - book. Daniel Coyle has woven observations from brain research, behavioral research, and real-world training into a conceptual tapestry of genuine importance. What emerges is both a testament to the remarkable potential we all have to learn and perform and an indictment of any idea that our individual capacities and limitations are fixed at birth." (Dr. Robert Bjork, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology, UCLA)
“Daniel Coyle digs deep into the core of the insatiable desire to become ‘better’. An amazing read with many practical applications for everyday life.” (Apolo Anton Ohno, Olympic gold medalist)
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- Jeannine
- 2022-04-09
Do the Deep Work
I wish there were more examples of how to do the deep work, when learning something new for yourself
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- Luis Luebs
- 2020-05-01
Game Changer
The information of the book is absolutely interesting, schools should adapt techniques involving the code formula components. I felt that at some points, when information is given the speed of the reading should slow down, other than that the book is fantastic!
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- J Stick
- 2020-07-30
Great read for growing your skills
This is a must read for anyone who is looking to improve in any area of their life.
There are lots of examples as well as a wealth of facts that help make sense of how our minds work.
Highly recommended
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-11-25
Great book for developing skills
I liked all the different examples of deep learning because it showed this can be applied to a lot of life skills.
Entertaining listen, with great real life examples.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-11-19
interesting and insightful
Interesting research.
Lots of excellent examples and different areas to apply in every day life.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-08-28
story telling and fluff
found this was just a lot of story telling and fluff,
Very little points per chapter.
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- Mobius
- 2023-06-26
Nothing New
If you have the desire to practice with focus and persistence, you will become skillful. That’s the book in a nutshell.
The narration was good.
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- alana
- 2022-08-24
SO boring. And mostly about sports
Maybe if I was really into sports stats I would have liked this. It wasn't what I expected. It was SO boring with unnecessary detail and irrelevant information and ugh just awful. I didn't finish it
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