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

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I have to say that Bounce was a bit like taking a refresher course, having already read Geoff Covlin's Talent Is Overrated, Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code, and Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, all three of which Syed acknowledges as worthy predecessors. Polgar himself was not a good chess player, but he thought that the international rating system would help to objectively quantify the level that his children would ultimately attain. Kniha ale dobře rozvádí určité fenomény, které vyvrací zažité stereotypy a ustálené (chybné) myšlenkové modely. The essential problem regarding the attainment of excellence is that expert knowledge simply cannot be taught in the classroom over the course of a rainy afternoon, or indeed a thousand rainy afternoons”. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Compelling and, at times, exhilarating – Bounce explains high achievement in sport, business and beyond. The answers – taking in the latest in neuroscience, psychology and economics – will change the way we look at sports stars and revolutionise our ideas about what it takes to become the best. The fixed mindset is damaging because evidence shows that people often associate challenges and difficulties as meaning they lack talent.

More, the author being an athlete and, most of his examples being taken from the world of sport, 'Bounce' ends with a very relevant questioning of how, now, we might be able to improve on performances using genetic engineering and/or doping. In his latest book, You Are Awesome, Matthew distils the principles of growth mindset, resilience and adaptability in his other books for a younger audience. We are learning not merely how environment affects these skills in significant ways, but how culture has influenced genetic evolution itself for tens of thousands of years. No matter which side of the nature/nurture argument you fall on, it's good advice for self-help or bringing up kids, and not just in sport but any field.

If kids are in a growth mindset, they are likely to do significantly better in, say, maths (see Colin Hegarty of Hegarty Maths). It is a must-read if you have ever wondered what sets the super-achievers and the rest of us apart - in any field, not just in sport.The tales of athletes, musicians, and individuals from various fields who've risen through determination resonated deeply. It's not just Federer's physical prowess with a tennis racquet (something Syed talks about in a later chapter as reproducible practice) but also the hours and hours and hours he has spent practicing reading his opponents, knowing exactly where to look and what it means. Bounce looks at big questions – such as the real nature of talent, what kind of practice actually works, how to achieve motivation, drugs in both sport and life, and whether black people really are faster runners.

People who make economic and political predictions often find it difficult to revise their models, even when the data says they should. He is also a multi-award-winning journalist for The Times and a regular contributor to television and radio. Drawing on his own experience as an Olympian and world class table tennis player, Syed illustrates the power of practice with flair, passion and no small amount of skill.

The title had listed Tiger Woods; he was dropped, and 'Bounce' was picked as a hook word for the title. This is an excellent, entertaining book that goes in some depth into performance in not only sports, but other fields that require concentration, skills, and training. By exploring these other factors, I hoped to re-evaluate how success happens, and address many of the dangers that attach to the overestimation of talent. It is only possible to clock up meaningful practice if an individual has made an independent decision to devote himself to whatever field of expertise. Why are the best figure skaters those that have fallen over the most and why has one small street in Reading produced more top table tennis players than the rest of the country put together.

It encourages us to step onto the path of deliberate practice, unleashing our inner capacities and crafting our own journey towards excellence. Kenyan and Ethiopian runners come almost exclusively from 2 small areas that are insanely high altitude and where the kids have to run to school every day. It's all done with plenty of evidence from all kings of fields - the black runners chapter leans heavily on genetic work done on African populations recently. For example most professionals spend their 20s and early 30s mastering the technical aspects of their profession, and the next decade mastering management and business skills so that by the mid to late 40s they are at the height of their powers. He combines his own experience in his climb to champion status with the experiences of other champion sportsmen and celebrities, to come to some very interesting conclusions about what allows someone to excel to the top in a field.My team and I have created a diagnostic tool that measures mindset and produces a report to increase self-awareness – Mindset Advantage.