Every endeavour pursued with passion produces a successful outcome, regardless of the result. For it is not about winning or losing – rather, the eff…

- Matthew Syed

World-class performance comes by striving for a target just out of reach, but with a vivid awareness of how the gap might be breached. Over time, th…

- Matthew Syed

The practice sessions of aspiring champions have a specific and never-changing purpose: Progress. Every second of every minute of every hour, the go…

- Matthew Syed

Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.

- Matthew Syed

When two peoples share a common passion: they are capable of empathising with each other's misery.

- Matthew Syed

Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure. That is the essential paradox of expert performance.

- Matthew Syed