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The Talent Code

Audiobook
Unabridged   6 hour(s)
Publication date: 04/28/2009
Available to US and Canadian customers

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The Talent Code

Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Anything

Daniel Coyle; read by John Farrell
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ISBN: 9781598878738

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Summary

A New York Times bestselling author explores cutting-edge brain science to learn where talent comes from, how it grows—and how we can make ourselves smarter.

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How does a penniless Russian tennis club with one indoor court create more top 20 women players than the entire United States? How did a small town in rural Italy produce the dozens of painters and sculptors who ignited the Italian Renaissance? Why are so many great soccer players from Brazil?

Where does talent come from, and how does it grow?

New research has revealed that myelin, once considered an inert form of insulation for brain cells, may be the holy grail of acquiring skill. Journalist Daniel Coyle spent years investigating talent hotbeds, interviewing world-class practitioners (top soccer players, violinists, fighter, pilots, artists, and bank robbers) and neuroscientists. In clear, accessible language, he presents a solid strategy for skill acquisition—in athletics, fine arts, languages, science or math—that can be successfully applied through a person’s entire lifespan.

Reviews/Praise

“Coyle’s work becomes as motivational as the stories he presents. John Farrell reads with a voice that is at once firm yet highly identifiable. The resulting recording serves as a fine instructional guide for those searching for how to fulfill their dreams.”
      —Publishers Weekly

“[Farrell] lays out the technical information and fascinating case histories with unwavering respect for the author’s contribution to adult learning.”
      —AudioFile

“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

Author Bio

DANIEL COYLE wrote the New York Times bestseller Lance Armstrong’s War and Hardball: A Season in the Projects. A contributing editor of Outside magazine, he lives with his wife and four children in Homer, Alaska.

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