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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Introduction
PART ONE: GETTING STARTED
Stare, Steal, and Be Willing to Be Stupid
Tip #1: Stare at Who You Want to Become
Tip #2: Spend Fifteen Minutes a Day Engraving the Skill on Your Brain
Tip #3: Steal Without Apology
Tip #4: Buy a Notebook
Tip #5: Be Willing to Be Stupid
Tip #6: Choose Spartan Over Luxurious
Tip #7: Before You Start, Figure Out if It’s a Hard Skill or a Soft Skill
Tip #8: To Build Hard Skills, Work Like a Careful Carpenter
Tip #9: To Build Soft Skills, Play Like a Skateboarder
Tip #10: Honor the Hard Skills
Tip #11: Don’t Fall for the Prodigy Myth
Tip #12: Five Ways to Pick a High-Quality Teacher or Coach
PART TWO: IMPROVING SKILLS
Find the Sweet Spot, Then Reach
Tip #13: Find the Sweet Spot
Tip #14: Take Off Your Watch
Tip #15: Break Every Move Down into Chunks
Tip #16: Each Day, Try to Build One Perfect Chunk
Tip #17: Embrace Struggle
Tip #18: Choose Five Minutes a Day Over an Hour a Week
Tip #19: Don’t Do “Drills.” Instead, Play Small, Addictive Games
Tip #20: Practice Alone
Tip #21: Think in Images
Tip #22: Pay Attention Immediately After You Make a Mistake
Tip #23: Visualize the Wires of Your Brain Forming New Connections
Tip #24: Visualize the Wires of Your Brain Getting Faster
Tip #25: Shrink the Space
Tip #26: Slow It Down (Even Slower Than You Think)
Tip #27: Close Your Eyes
Tip #28: Mime It
Tip #29: When You Get It Right, Mark the Spot
Tip #30: Take a Nap
Tip #31: To Learn a New Move, Exaggerate It
Tip #32: Make Positive Reaches
Tip #33: To Learn From a Book, Close the Book
Tip #34: Use the Sandwich Technique
Tip #35: Use the 3 × 10 Technique
Tip #36: Invent Daily Tests
Tip #37: To Choose the Best Practice Method, Use the R.E.P.S. Gauge
Tip #38: Stop Before You’re Exhausted
Tip #39: Practice Immediately After Performance
Tip #40: Just Before Sleep, Watch a Mental Movie
Tip #41: End on a Positive Note
Tip #42: Six Ways to Be a Better Teacher or Coach
PART THREE: SUSTAINING PROGRESS
Embrace Repetition, Cultivate Grit, and Keep Big Goals Secret
TIP #43: Embrace Repetition
Tip #44: Have a Blue-Collar Mind-Set
Tip #45: For Every Hour of Competition, Spend Five Hours Practicing
Tip #46: Don’t Waste Time Trying to Break Bad Habits—Instead, Build New Ones
Tip #47: To Learn It More Deeply, Teach It
Tip #48: Give a New Skill a Minimum of Eight Weeks
Tip #49: When You Get Stuck, Make a Shift
Tip #50: Cultivate Your Grit
Tip #51: Keep Your Big Goals Secret
Tip #52: “Think Like a Gardener, Work Like a Carpenter”
Glossary
Appendix: The New Science of Talent Development
Further Reading
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Other Books by This Author
About the Author
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