This book is divided into three parts—deep practice, igni-tion, and master coaching—which correspond to the three basic elements of the talent code. Each element is useful on its own, but their convergence is the key to creating skill. Remove one, and the process slows. Combine them, even for six minutes, and things begin to change. | ALSO BY DANIEL COYLE Hardball: A Season in the Projects Waking Samuel Lance Armstrong's War The Talent Code GREATNESS ISN'T BORN. IT'S GROWN. HERE'S HOW. Daniel Coyle BANTAM BOOKS THE TALENT CODE A Bantam Book / May 2009 Published by Bantam Dell A Division of Random House, Inc. New York, New York All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 by Daniel Coyle Book design by Glen M. Edelstein Bantam Books and the Rooster colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coyle, Daniel. The talent code : Greatness isn't born. It's grown. Here's how. / Daniel Coyle. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-553-8068-4 (hardcover)—ISBN 978-0-553-90649-3 (ebook) 1. Ability. 2. Motivation (Psychology) I. Title. 2009 —dc22 2008047674 Printed in the United States of America Published simultaneously in Canada 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 BVG For Jen
