A brand new book from Daniel Coyle, 'The Talent Code'

'Talent. You've either got it or you haven't.' Not true, actually.

In The Talent Code, award-winning journalist Daniel Coyle draws on cutting-edge research to reveal that, far from being some abstract mystical power fixed at birth, ability really can be created and nurtured.

In the process, he considers talent at work in venues as diverse as a music school in Dallas and a tennis academy near Moscow to demonstrate how the wiring of our brains can be transformed by the way we approach particular tasks. He explains what is really going on when apparently unremarkable people suddenly make a major leap forward. He reveals why some teaching methods are so much more effective than others. Above all, he shows how all of us can achieve our full potential if we set about training our brains in the right way.

Contents:

Part 1. Deep Practice
Chapter 1: The Sweet Spot
Chapter 2: The Deep Pratice Cell
Chapter 3: The Brontës, the Z-boys , and the Renaissance
Chapter 4: The Three Rules of Deep Practice

Part II. Ignition
Chapter 5: Primal Cues
Chapter 6: The Curacao Experiment
Chapter 7: How to Ignite a Hotbed

Part III. Master Caocing
Chapter 8: The Talent Whisperes
Chapter 9: The Teaching Circuit: A Blueprint
Chapter 10: Tom Martinez and the $60 Million Bet

Epilogue: The Meylin World