The Talent Code
Daniel Coyle
5 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2010–2021.
What people on Hacker News said
A great book showing that deep practice - (struggling in certain targeted ways - operating at the edges of your ability, where you make mistakes - experiences where you're forced to slow down, make errors, and correct them) - is what really makes you improve at anything.
Mastery provides the historical examples (including incidentally, our hero, Paul Graham), and The Talent Code provides the science behind it, what deep practice does to the brain.
In changing the way I learn, and my motivation for learning, they changed my life.
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