Dan Coyle The Talent Code

One of the best books I’ve read in the last year is Dan Coyle’s, The Talent Code:Greatness Isn’t Born, It’s Grown Here’s How. It dances on the same space as Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, in that it really looks deeply at what it takes to succeed. What I like about it is it doesn’t just give good stories (which it does), but provides very specific ways that each of us can deepen our own level of talent – and with that, our success. In our interview we talk about:

• The neuroscience of talent, and why the secret lies in insulation
• What deep practice is, and how it’s so different from the practice most of us do
• How “ignition” is the engine that drives deep practice, and where you find the spark
• Secrets of the master coaches

Listen to my interview with Dan Coyle

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