Not sure it warranted this fancy binding and shiny cover. And while the title is certainly true - this is a little book - I think it could have been a series of blog posts, or perhaps included in some sort of habit app. The tips are meant to be universal but, as mentioned above, I don’t think they are always applicable. A manual for building a faster brain and a better you The Little Book of Talent is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skillsyour skills, your. That activity is making me a better writer. Like, the fact that I write every single day - haven’t missed a day since March (that includes when I had food poisoning), when I started that - is a fucking accomplishment. One is to “never mistake activity for accomplishment.” Which, yikes. Other tips run contrary to ones I’ve learned before, especially about writing. Since they might never go to space, they have to treat preparation as the real thing. A manual for building a faster brain and a better you The Little Book of Talent is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skillsyour skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skillsin sports, music, art, math, and business. The one I mention above, about practice, reminds me of the book by Commander Hayden (astronaut). Some of the tips were helpful and familiar. Instead, each tip ranges from a paragraph to a few pages, grouped by getting started, getting better, and keeping it up. There are 52 tips, which I suppose is meant to correlate to weeks in the year, but the book isn’t laid out like that. Why I chose it: As part of that whole summer reading BINGO thing our public library is doing, one square is ‘recommended by an independent bookseller.’ Also, I like to learn things.

Line that sticks with me: “But in the talent hotbeds I visited, practice was the big game, the center of their world, the main focus of their daily lives.” (p 39)

Coyle provides 52 tips to help you get better at something. Best for: People looking for a quick read and a couple of helpful tips.

The little book of talent