Deep practice feels a bit like exploring a dark and unfamiliar room. You start slowly, you bump into furniture, stop, think, and start again. Slowly, and a little painfully, you explore the space over and over, attending to errors, extending your reach into the room a bit farther each time, building a mental map until you can move through it quickly and intuitively.
To sum up: it's time to rewrite the maxim that practice makes perfect. The truth is, practice makes myelin, and myelin makes perfect. - Daniel Coyle
To sum up: it's time to rewrite the maxim that practice makes perfect. The truth is, practice makes myelin, and myelin makes perfect.
- Daniel Coyle
I fall in love with certain stories. Those stories tend to be connected to my life some way - for instance, with my first book I was writing about th… - Daniel Coyle
I fall in love with certain stories. Those stories tend to be connected to my life some way - for instance, with my first book I was writing about th…
Baby steps are the royal road to skill. - Daniel Coyle
Baby steps are the royal road to skill.
You have to be willing to stop and fix. Deep practice requires a willingness to do what many of us find uncomfortable: to admit to our errors, and fo… - Daniel Coyle
You have to be willing to stop and fix. Deep practice requires a willingness to do what many of us find uncomfortable: to admit to our errors, and fo…
Although talent feels and looks predestined, in fact we have a good deal of control over what skills we develop, and we have more potential than we m… - Daniel Coyle
Although talent feels and looks predestined, in fact we have a good deal of control over what skills we develop, and we have more potential than we m…
Deep practice feels a bit like exploring a dark and unfamiliar room. You start slowly, you bump into furniture, stop, think, and start again. Slowly,… - Daniel Coyle
Deep practice feels a bit like exploring a dark and unfamiliar room. You start slowly, you bump into furniture, stop, think, and start again. Slowly,…
A true leader is someone who maximizes the potential of their people; who ignites their passions and gives them the opportunity to make the most of t… - Daniel Coyle
A true leader is someone who maximizes the potential of their people; who ignites their passions and gives them the opportunity to make the most of t…
The staggering babies embody the deepest truth about deep practice: to get good, it's helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being bad. B… - Daniel Coyle
The staggering babies embody the deepest truth about deep practice: to get good, it's helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being bad. B…
The sweet spot: that productive, uncomfortable terrain located just beyond our current abilities, where our reach exceeds our grasp. Deep practice is… - Daniel Coyle
The sweet spot: that productive, uncomfortable terrain located just beyond our current abilities, where our reach exceeds our grasp. Deep practice is…
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