Relates myelin to Coyle's The Talent Code.

1. Myelination
Why fat is your friend..

2. Have you ever heard these sayings?
• “Practice makes perfect”
• “Say something 3 times and you won’t forget it”
• “Do something 13 times and it becomes a habit”
• “ Habits are hard to break”
• “You are what you do”
• “Muscle memory”
• “I know it by heart”

3. If so, you know something about
myelinated neurons!

4. Quick Anatomy Reminder
• Myelin is a fatty tissue on a neuron
• Myelin sheaths insulate axons in order to create a
quicker response

5. Myelin also plays a role in personality
• Your personality creates myelin on your neurons.
• The neurons with the most myelin cause your
• impulses.
• Your impulses manifest in your thoughts, words, feelings
and actions.
• Behaviorists had it right! What you do now determines
what you will do in the past.

6. Let’s see how myelin insulates the neuron..
• How myelination occurs..from The Talent Code by
Danial Coyle
• Coyle’s work with Talent Hubs explains that myelin is the
main reason that people are successful in the
arts, sports, and business worlds.

7. • Intense/Difficult Practice
Builds Myelin & Creates
Success

8. Reference
• Coyle, D. (2009). The talent code: greatness isn't born.
it's made. here's how.. (1 ed.). New York, NY:
Bantam.