What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? This groundbreaking
work provides readers 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.
