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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Every skill depends on the same cellular mechanism: the production of myelin around all neural pathways.
Chapter 3: Mistakes build talent by stimulating myelin to grow more.
Chapter 4: Skill isn’t solely dependent on genetics and the environment.
Chapter 5: Studying global talent hotbeds shows talent is truly a blend of deep practice, ignition, and master coaching.
Chapter 6: Deep practice involves 'chunking up' the task, repeating it and finding difficulties as you go.
Chapter 7: We require an external cue – ignition – to drive us to develop a skill over the long term.
Chapter 8: Certain kinds of coaches spark ignition, and others foster deep practice.
Chapter 9: Master coaches require deep knowledge of their field and the ability to meet the individual needs of their students fully.
Description
The Talent Code uses recent neurological findings to explain how talent can be trained through deep practice. It shows how nurturing our cellular insulation – called myelin – influences the development of our skills, and explains why certain methods of practice and coaching have been used in “talent hotbeds” around the world to great success.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who wants to understand where talent really comes from
- Anyone who wants to learn to practice anything effectively
- Anyone who wants to become a better teacher, instructor or coach