Bounce: The of Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

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Nominated for William Hill's Sports Book of the Year in 2010, this examines the case for the hypothesis that natural talent is bunk, and practice is what makes you great.

The difference in standard at this level is so miniscule that it is almost impossible to perceive unless you are keeping score. A paper lead-authored by Joyce Ehrlinger of Washington State University shows that students in a growth mindset have a more clear-eyed view of their ability, and are more able to incorporate failures into their thinking about their true abilities. Why are the best figure skaters those that have fallen over the most and why has one small street in Reading produced more top table tennis players than the rest of the country put together. Worth a read if you have not gone through other books on skill improvement or just for the chapters on the aforementioned themes. This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations.

Compelling and, at times, exhilarating - Bounce explains high achievement in sport, business and beyond. The answers – taking in the latest in neuroscience, psychology and economics – will change the way we look at sports stars and revolutionise our ideas about what it takes to become the best. The thing that often separates the best from the rest is a capacity to believe things that are not true but which are incredibly effective”.

Matthew’s work explores a thought-provoking approach to high performance in the context of a complex and fast-changing world. Registered address: Unit 5, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. It can also cause people who are performing well to become complacent, assuming that they are so talented that success is assured.So, read this, drop the shitty excuses about 'talent', 'genetics' and 'I am not made for this or that' and, go achieve!