The Talent Code: Unlocking the
Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music,
Math, and Just About Anything by
Daniel Coyle
Excellent Book For Everyone!
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.
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.
Personal Review: The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill
in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Anything by Daniel
Coyle
You think you've got no talent? Think again. Read Daniel Coyle's new
book, //The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How//,
and you might just change your mind. The book proposes that anyone can
become talented--and perhaps it's not too late for you to do it to. How?
Meet myelin, a substance that insulates neutral circuits in the brains of
extraordinarily talented people. According to Coyle, scientists have
discovered that myelin might just be the foundation for all forms of
greatness--from Michaelangelo to Michael Jordan. And here's the really
good news: you too can "grow" myelin and therefore become
"extraordinarily talented" yourself.
Drawing on his experience in cutting-edge neurology, Daniel Coyle
explains that the secret to acquiring skill comes down to three elements of
the talent code: the right kind of practice (deep practice), motivation
(ignition), and something called "master coaching." When these three
elements converge and you learn how to operate at the edge of your
abilities, you activate the neurological mechanism that promotes the
growth of myelin, the microscopic nerve-fiber insulator that adds speed
and accuracy to your movements and thoughts.
To confirm his point, bestselling journalist and author Daniel Coyle traveled
to nine of the world's talent hotbeds, taking readers on an illuminating
journey across the world to amply illustrate how the switch of success can
be flipped by weaving the three elements of the talent code together, and
thereby growing myelin for success and talent enhancement.
So how can you become as dazzlingly intelligent as Albert Einstein, as
athletically skilled as Pelé, or as literarily intriguing as Charlotte Bronte?
Where does greatness comes from? What is the Holy Grail of acquiring
skill? Coyle's //The Talent Code// explains how talent grows in your brain,

changes the way you think about talent, and equips us to reach our highest
possible potential. Read this interesting book, which reads very much like
a thriller, do discover why "greatness isn't born--it's grown."
Reviewed by
Dominique James
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