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52 Ways to Grow and Develop Your Talents
As of July 2021, I’ve read more than 1,000 books.
One of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life (besides getting a library card) was to take notes on every single book I read, which I’ve done faithfully ever since I started counting the number of books.
So here on Medium (and on Patreon) I’m going to keep sharing my notes and summaries, because it would be a damn shame to keep everything I’ve learned and loved from more than 1,000 books all to myself.
Below are my best notes from the book The Little Book of Talent, by Daniel Coyle, which was just the 107th book I ever read on my way to 1,000!
SUMMARY:
This is a short, compact, exceptionally useful book about developing talent, optimizing the time you spend practicing and learning new skills, and the best ways to improve at your sport or chosen profession. Or basically anything that you want to get better at.
Coyle present 52 different things that you can do, implement, and think about that will give you an edge over your competition, and at the time this book was written this was coming from the leading edge of sports…
