The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle

[NotARebel1]

Great book



[Ntsaldaraki]

I loved the book too! Thanks!

[plink65]

A truly amazing book. Very helpful, thanks so much for all the work you've done.

[Sourceofmotivation]

I am reading this book at the moment. It seems good.

[camreeno360]

I just finished the book like 8 hours ago. You guys should also read Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell.

[polevaultskills]

Got your book on new years, and just finished the book today. I'm definatly going to apply the talent code to my training.

[latedinn]

I saw him speak last summer and I am currently reading the Talent Code. He is truly amazing. If you have the chance to see him speak, do it.

[MrDiamondcut]

Daniel, you belong right there with Daniel Pink, Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Friedman, and Freakonomics authors Levitt and Dubner, in my library. I learned some very inciteful observations thanks to you. Appreciate your work, sir.

[ebaseballtips]

I absolutely loved your book!!

Every coach or parent of youth athletes should read and understand what is actually going on with their kids as they progress in their particular field.

As a baseball instructor in the baseball talent "hot bed" of East Cobb GA, I see examples of your book everyday.

Thank you!

[danielcoyle1]

@ebaseballtips -- I've been admiring the fruits of your coaching for the past few years. Great job with those kids. Thanks for your kind words, and best of luck. -- Dan

[ObjectsThatAreMine]

I'm going to try to apply the theory from your book to my love of lacrosse. If your calculations are correct I'll improve ten fold. let's hope for the best! By the way, I loved the speech you gave today. I didn't zone out as opposed to other writers that have spoken at Gilmour.

[PengunaFilms]

he went to our school today to talk about the book :D

[Mark0Brazil]

Well, what people like him call ''secret'' others people call Basics /watch?v=NITNKzWYOqc&playnext_­from=TL&videos=HmPdOPZGJVU

Call basics as ''secret'' seems the old bias ''just look the survivors''

[MovingMutant]

@Mark0Brazil

Well, I remember you my friend that he wrote [very well] about Talent Not Success...

[MMorucci]

Reading common sense may be helpful or at least reinforcing, but I can't get past the fact that Chandler Bing is trying to sell me a book.

[3xmark3]

The Brain that Changes Itself sounds like a good read (thanks for the tip), but I still come back to the fact that The Talent Code was useful and inspiring for me. I'm successfully applying it to many (most?) areas of my life and will no doubt be sharing some of the stories it tells at holiday parties this year.

[3xmark3]

This video and book changed both my parenting and my tennis game for the better. Now that I know what's happening inside our brains when we acquire a skill -- and watch for and use the three accelerated learning levers (deep practice, ignition, and master coaching) he describes, I feel like there's nothing we can't accomplish.

[BrokenAero1]

Problem is Coyle doesn't accurately describe what happens in our brains when we're acquiring skills. His description of the process is dumbed down and full of errors and omissions . A book accurately describing the actual process is The Brain That Changes Itself. Coyles 3 "accelerated learning levers" are just standard, long used learning processes that have been given new names by Coyle. There's not a concept or idea in this book that's original or said better in other books.

[BrokenAero1]

A good example of Coyle's BS is his claim that Meadow Mount "produced" Yo Yo Ma and Perlman. In fact, MM was only a tiny part of these musicians' training. Coyle also makes errors in his descripton of the myelin process. For ex. He never mentions BNFD which actually regulates myelin. What Coyle calls Deep Practice is used by most if not all serious musicians and has been for a long, long time. This is all recycled ideas that Coyle claims as his own, full of errors. Don't buy into it.

[BrokenAero1]

This book is deceptive huckersterism. Coyle repackages old axioms about hard work and practice and tries to sell them as being newly discovered. His description of the myelin process has serious errors. Coyle confuses technique and skill with greatness. They aren't the same thing. Was Beethoven great because he could play fast scales? Coyle probably thinks so. Avoid this shuck. It's a marketing ploy designed to sell units by implying that it contains secrets of greatness. Don't buy into it.

[golfprogress]

This was one of the more fascinating books I have read in my lifetime. If you are interested in skill acquisition you need to review the concepts in this book and put them into practice.

[lightcre8]

Does anyone know where you can find the link to the clarissa video.? The link in the book does not work

[lightcre8]

I'm just starting to read this book.Brilliant,Brilliant,Brill­iant!!! I only wished I'd reade it 20 years ago!!! Doh!

[Eldaveer]

This is an absolutely FASCINATING book. Highly recommended, especially if you are a person seeking to get extremely good at something.

[aflperez2033]

i got the audiobook copy. i could never thank you more for working on and making this book. previous to having your book, i was trying to be good at something to no avail. i just memorize and hardly remember them when i needed to apply them. this book has given me direction on how to approach my learning with better results. everyone should have a copy..(,")

[laxivan2]

meh I'll torrent it. ;-)

[esakumoto]

I heard you on KNBR in SF. I'm going to buy your book and give it a try

[3xmark3]

Very insightful -- looking forward to reading the book.