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Whether you're coaching soccer or teaching a child to play the piano, writing a novel or trying to improve your golf swing, this revolutionary book shows you how to grow talent by tapping into a newly discovered brain mechanism.
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Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Talent Code from the world's leading experts.
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Peter Attia Founder/Attia Medical[One of] the books I’ve read the most. (Source)
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Rupert Murdoch CEO/News CorporationGreat reading. The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle. Forget genes! Greatness isn't born, it's grown - the hard way. (Source)
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Jason Fried Co-Founder/BasecampHighly recommend reading The Talent Code. Wonderful book w/ great insights. (Source)
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Virginia LeBlanc Question: What books had the biggest impact on you? Perhaps changed the way you see things or dramatically changed your career path. Answer: The Art of War by Sun Tzu Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson, M.D. Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions by John Kotter Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle Divergent series by Veronica Roth A mash up, I know…some simple others profound but just as important, eye-opening, and affirming. These and so many more helped change how I see things, my thinking and being, and helped to understand... (Source)
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Dan Pink Recommends this book
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Bogdan Lucaciu Greatness can be cultivated through deep practice, ignition and master coaching. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Talent Code is ranked in the following categories:
- #64 in Anatomy
- #39 in Coaching
- #62 in Discipline
- #38 in Learning
- #67 in Negotiation
- #61 in Personal Branding
- #31 in Recruiting
- #40 in Studying
- #84 in Success