Bounce: The of Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

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And if you really want to succeed in anything in life, you’ll have to repeat this truism as if a mantra. This book has left an indelible mark on my perspective, reshaping the way I view success, practice, and the true potential within each of us. If you don’t believe that, take for example the phenomenon of female K-golfers dominating the sport. Good decision-making is about compressing the informational load by decoding the meaning of patterns derived from experience.

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He was one of the younger players (being a late August baby) but was always willing to learn, and paid attention to what the coach was trying to get across. If you want to excel, 10,000 hours of training will take you much further than your natural abilities. Feedback is the rocket fuel that propels the acquisition of knowledge, and without it no amount of practice is going to get you there. But relating the entirety of the information is impossible because the cues being processed by experts – in sports or elsewhere – are so subtle and relate to each other in such complex ways that it would take forever to codify them in their mind-boggling totality. It is only an expert performer – someone who has practiced long enough to automate skill – who has the capacity to choke.However, after South Korean golfer Se Ri Pak won the LPGA Championship in 1998, the number of South Koreans on the LPGA tour multiplied. It encourages us to step onto the path of deliberate practice, unleashing our inner capacities and crafting our own journey towards excellence. They have taught themselves to ratchet up their optimism at the point of performance; to mould the evidence to fit their beliefs rather than the other way around; to activate doublethink. As far as Syed is concerned – and he was England’s top ranked table-tennis player for a decade – Mozart and Federer, Picasso and Beckham have no talent whatsoever. When we are under pressure and don’t want to fail, our brains make us act cautiously and deliberately.

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Dwecks experiment: those students who held the belief that intelligence is set in genetic stone (the talent myth) were labeled as having a fixed mindset.When people find a similarity – even a trivial one – to a successful person, it increases their confidence in their own chances of success and motivates them to try harder. Both Apple and Google state that they ensure that only users who have actually downloaded the app can submit a review. Syed's writing style, a blend of engaging storytelling and thought-provoking analysis, held my attention from start to finish. It is not just about sport, but has powerful implications for business and politics, as well as for parents and students. You also need to have access to the right training system, and that sometimes means living in the right town or having the right coach.

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A young performer has a sizeable head start on anybody who commences their training a few years later.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. We should praise effort, not talent we should emphasize how abilities can be transformed through application; we should teach others and ourselves to see challenges as learning opportunities rather than threats; we should interpret failure not as an indictment but as an opportunity. From the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) AnythingEssential reading for an astounding summer of sport; If youve ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer. Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of PracticeBOOK DETAILFile Size: 639 KB Print Length: 410 pages Publisher: Fourth Estate (April 29, 2010) Publication Date: April 29, 2010 Language: EnglishASIN: B003P2WJ18 Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: EnabledBook DescriptionFrom the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything Essential reading for anastounding summer of sport; If you’ve ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer.