Questions About The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else

by Daniel Coyle (Goodreads Author)

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I have already read 'Peak: How All Of Us Can Achieve Extraordinary Things' by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool. On reading this summary it looks like these both have the same theme and content - deliberate practice. Is there any difference that it's worth to buy this book?

Melissa Coyle is an excellent writer and superior story-teller. His book reminds me of Dweck's "Mindset" and Gladwell's "Outliers." If you read Ericsson and P…moreCoyle is an excellent writer and superior story-teller. His book reminds me of Dweck's "Mindset" and Gladwell's "Outliers." If you read Ericsson and Pool's book, you're probably interested in this topic enough to read another book on the topic. It does look as though Ericsson and Pool's book is more recently published than Coyle's book, so the neuroscience research would be more up to date in the book you mentioned.(less)

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Is flow the "secret" of this book? Is this the concept of flow, but told in different words?

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