The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle

The Little Book of Talent – 52 Tips for Improving Skills by Daniel Coyle

This is a follow on from the last book, the Talent Code, my review for which can be found here.  The 52 tips are split up into three sections as follows:

Introduction

• Part one: Getting started

Stare, steal and Be Willing to Be Stupid

Tip 1-12

• Part two: Improving skills

Find the sweet spot, then reach

Tip 13-42

• Part three: Sustaining Progress

Embrace Repetition, Cultivate Grit, and Keep Big Goals Secret

Tip 43-52

• Glossary
• Appendix: The New Science of Talent Development

In the last book, he looked at talent from the point of view of a student and a coach.  In this book he mainly focuses on honing your talent from the point of view of a student and what a student needs to do to become great.  There are 52 tips, however, I have listed out the 17 most important steps that I found useful in a previous blog here.

You can also download this by following this link: Cultivating your talent in 17 steps.

This book too, I found very useful and as my children are at and starting school, this is something I want them to try and practice in all the areas of their studies.  Some of the things that he mentions I can see in my older daughter happens almost instinctively without much input from me, especially with her reading and spelling new words. However, I also want it to happen in her maths and her dance and other after school activities apart from watching spongebob squarepants on loop.