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Part One
Talent Is Practice in Disguise

The Three Kinds of Practice

• Samskar: Extreme sports wizard Shane McConkey absorbed a lot from a very young age.
• Tiger Woods shows the results of just goofing around as practice.
• Helpful video about deliberate practice.

The World's Greatest "Failures"

• What do Einstein and Jordan and a whole host of other greats have in common? Failure.

Stylin' with Myelin

• A myelinated nerve, irl. Embiggened thousands of times and colored.

Part Two
Motivation Is Like Breathing (it's required)

Humiliation Power

• Justin Timberlake on sticking to your goals and ignoring any humiliation along the way. 

Step Into the Forever Box

• Steven Kotler and some amazing extreme athletes on video talking about the power of a flow state.
  

Motivation Hacks

• Daniel Pink's animated talk about how focus on mastery is WAY more powerful than external rewards. http://is.gd/rabatu
• Researcher Angela Duckworth found that “grit” is more important than talent in achieving success. Check out her talk about grit.
•  “Daily” Dale Webster surfed every day for a full lunar cycle—10,407 days—through illness and storms. Daily Dale’s story.

Zip Your Lips

• Put your goal out there, and upload your video progress in 10-second snippets at GiveIt100.com

Part Three
You are Unique (and so is everybody else)

Your Secret Beliefs

• Trevor Ragan's superb summary of Carol Dweck’s work on mindsets. 

The Blame Game

• Learn more about the power of placing blame.

Monkey See, Monkey Do

• Learn about the mirror neuron system in your brain.

Part Four
Time: The Most Valuable Thing You Can Spend

The 10,000-hour Red Herring

• The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything Fast

Good Morning, Sunshine

• A wakeup routine.

Part Five
Where You At?

Under the Influence

• Learn from Nicholas Christakis how your friends can change your behavior.

Mise en Place

• Find a class on just about anything on Lynda.com

Part Six
Do it To it

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

• Coach's Eye: The great app for comparing and notating and sharing video for improvement.

Creative Practice

• Lars Anderson's incredible archery skills can be seen here.
• Chelsea Williams rips it up on the longboard. 

Let's Get Physical

• Learn about the Alexander Technique
• Learn about the Feldenkreis Method

Field of Dreams

• Sarah Mednick's Nap Wheel. Order her excellent book on sleep and napping here.
• Jeff Iliff's talk on how the brain flushed out toxins during sleep.

Recommended Reading

The Practice of Practice: How to Boost Your Music Skills
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born, It's Grown. Here's How
Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success