More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #27 Close Your Eyes As Coyle explains, “One of the quickest ways to deepen practice is also one of the simplest: Close your eyes. . . It sweeps away distraction and engages your other senses to provide new feedback. It helps you engrave the blueprint of a task on […]
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More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #26 Slow It Down (Even Slower Than You Think). Coyle: "This urge for speed makes perfect sense, but it can also create sloppiness, particularly when it comes to hard skills (see Tip #8). We trade precision—and long-term performance—for a temporary thrill. So slow down. Super-slow practice works like a […]
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More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #24, Visualize the Wires of Your Brain Getting Faster. In this tip, Coyle is referencing his earlier book, The Talent Code. In it he looks at research into the way the brain works with particular reference to myelin (you may have read about the "myelin sheath") that surrounds the […]
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More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #22 – Pay Attention Immediately After You Make a Mistake. Coyle notes that, “Most of us are allergic to mistakes. . . Brain scan studies reveal a vital instant, .025 seconds after a mistake is made, in which people do one of two things—they look hard at the mistake […]
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