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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
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