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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAn\ninteresting book which explores how talent is developed. The author (Daniel\nCoyle) illustrates using examples and studies done that suggest talent has less\nto do with your genetic and that it\u2019s actually born through the biological\nprocess of building and strengthening the biological structure, Myelin<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Myelin\nis a mixture of proteins and phospholipids that form a whitish insulating\nsheath around many nerve fibers, increasing the speed at which impulses are\nconducted. As described in the book, the more we fire a particular circuit, the\nmore myelin optimizes that circuit, and the stronger, faster, and more fluent\nour movements and thoughts become. \u201cSkill is myelin insulation that wraps\nneural circuits and that grows according to certain signals.\u201d<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coyle\nstudies \u201ctalent hotbeds\u201d to find out what creates these specific areas of\ngreatness; whether soccer players in Brazil or women golfers in Korea. How they\nseemingly come out of nowhere and produce amazing hotbeds of talent. He uses\nspecific examples of how greatness can be grown through \u201cdeep practice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deep\nPractice<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In\norder to get your skill circuit to fire optimally, you must by definition fire the\ncircuit suboptimally<\/em><\/strong>, this is the essence of \u201cdeep practice\u201d. This is\nhow talent is grown; through specific highly targeted, error-focused process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nbest example of deep practice is the game of \u201cfutsal\u201d, popular among Brazilian soccer\nplayers. Futsal is played with a ball half the size of a regulation soccer ball\nand is twice as heavy; and played on a field that is much smaller. This allows\nthe players to experience deep practice in two important ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nsmaller field provides greater interaction; and requires greater precision of\nmovements. The heavier ball requires players to become more creative and\nskilled with their ball skills. When the players play on a regulation filed,\ntheir deep practice shows because they feel like they have much more room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Deep\npractice requires lots of energy. This leads us to the second element of the\ntalent code, \u201cignition\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ignition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nonly way to develop talent is to make tons of mistakes, and correct mistakes\nthroughout practice, mistakes need to be embraced. Without making mistakes, you\ncannot build enough or strong enough myelin, and you cannot be truly skilled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ignition\nsupplies the energy, while deep practice translates that energy over time into\nforward progress. Ignition is typically a response to a signal that arrived in\nthe form of an image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nbook suggests that talent requires deep practice, deep practice requires vast amounts\nof energy, and primal cues trigger huge outpourings of energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nKIPP school is used as an example of how the ignition can be triggered. The\nprimal cues the school provides immediately to new students helps them fall\ninto three categories: You belong to a group, your group is together in a\nstrange and dangerous new world, that new world is shaped like a mountain, with\nthe paradise of college at the top. The only way to reach them is to change the\nway they see themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Coaching<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nbook highlights some examples of \u201cmaster coaches\u201d that have mastered methods\nfor providing the ignition in their students. The examples don\u2019t fit the\nstereotypical behaviors of what one may think of when they think of effective\ncoaches. Coyle highlights, John Wooden (UCLA) who uses an \u201cerror-centered,\nwell-planned, information-rich\u201d approach. Wooden would tailor his message in\nshort, pinpointed specific instructions, \u201ccrisp passes, really snap them.\u201d\nImportantly, he listened way more than he spoke and was not known for giving\nloud impassioned speeches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another\n\u201ctalent whisper\u201d Coyle compared to Wooden was a piano teacher, Mary Epperson. She\nwas a good teacher because she could create and sustain motivation. She did\nthis by treating children as miniature adults and doesn\u2019t shy away from pointed\ntruths. She praises just enough, provides specific instruction and keeps the\nstudents engaged in doing it until it is perfect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nbook provides good support for the author\u2019s thesis that the development of\nmyelin through specific deep practice can lead to talent development. The\n\u201cignition\u201d needed for this type of deep practice is something I believe needs\nfurther study; how it develops in some and how we can use it to develop talent\nfor specific people. It would also be interesting to study how much genetics\nplay a role if myelin development is truly the key to mastering talent. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Review & Highlights) An interesting book which explores how talent is developed. The author (Daniel Coyle) illustrates using examples and studies done that suggest talent has less to do with your genetic and that it\u2019s actually born through the biological process of building and strengthening the biological structure, Myelin. 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