About The Book
What is the secret of getting really good at something? How do we unlock it?
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle visited nine of the world’s greatest talent hotbeds — tiny places that produce huge amounts of talent, from a small music camp in upstate New York to an elementary school in California to the baseball fields of the Caribbean.
He found that there’s a pattern common to all of them — certain methods of training, motivation, and coaching. This pattern, which has to do with the fundamental mechanisms through which the brain acquires skill, gives us a new way to think about talent — as well as new tools with which we can unlock our own talents and those of our kids.
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This book gets rid of many of the myths about innate talent. I have coached many top professional tennis players, include my wife Liezel the current #1 doubles. Everything in the book is true and really makes you reframe your ideas on what it takes to be great.
This truly excellent book breaks ground on many levels. In the domain of extraordinary talent, the book is groundbreaking. I believe myelin plays a similarly major role in establishing our personality is practiced and learned. Intense, focused, emotional experiences are deep practices that train us to be ourselves. A more complete review is on The Secret Brain.
This book was phenomenal. I am sharing it with my peers within the National Speakers Association and telling my newsletter readers to run and buy the book.
Daniel Henning, Jr. the offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins told my family about the book (he distributed the book to his coaches). I am sharing it with my master mind (owners of multi-million dollar businesses).
Deep practice is critically important and as you brilliantly shared in your book. Thank you for your work!
Mr. Coyle, I read this book about twenty times. I loved it, and have subscribed to your RSS feed. Thank you so much! Amazing book!
Well, that completely makes my day! Thanks very much. All best, Dan