daniel coyle

deep practice from his talent code



talent isn't born it's grown
when we practice in certain ways we are actually improving our brain
deep practice can increase skill ability 10 times more
we could check ability simply by asking - how do you practice
removes mystery to talent - gives you access to the mechanisms to get you their

mayleigh on deep practice:


look at those eyes....


myelin development:


ray montagne held himself up in a room for 2 years..  p. 81 in talent code
getting into the zone..

p. 80ish
rule 1 - chunk it up
take in the whole thing: stare at or listen to until you can imagine yourself doing it, we're pre-wired to imitate
break into chunks: learn each chunk then piece back together
slow down: allows you to attend to errors, can embrace internal blueprint

rule 2 - repeat it
but not like we know practice, deep practice requires energy, passion, commitment, all most experts can handle is 3-5 hours a day  p. 89 for even less hours

rule 3 - learn to feel it
get a balance point where you can sense errors when they come, to avoid mistakes - 1st you have to feel them immediately, what you're really practicing is -- concentration


perception of self - i am a ____________________




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