Talent: A brief book review of ‘The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankersen 

I thought we would get this blog post discussion off to a flying start with some examples of Talent!

 

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I have just finished reading ‘The Goldmine Effect’ by Rasmus Ankersen.  It was published in 2012, three years after the extremely successful ‘The Talent Code’ by Daniel Coyle.

 

The author goes in search of what he calls ‘Gold Mines’ of talent and spends his savings jet setting around the globe spending time with various coaches who have created unprecedented levels of success in their respective fields.  The focus is on South Korean golfers, Jamaican sprinters, Brazilian footballers, Ethiopian and Kenyan runners and Russian Tennis players.

 

Over the next few blogs I will summarise some of the key points.  We have all heard of the ten years and 10,000 hours rule.

 

Ten years and ten thousand hours amounts to approximately 2 hours and 44 minutes of daily practice.

 

 

Well unlike ‘The Talent Code’ which goes into more detail on the neurological process of myelination and the concept of deliberate practise, this book focuses on the factors which makes certain coaches seem to produce success without the traditional trappings of money and resources.

 

 

I really like his chapter on the role of parents’ Not pushing your kids is irresponsible.’  In this chapter he speaks to world renowned Russian tennis coach Olga Mororova,

 

 

‘Don’t ask if your child likes it.  You must present the game to them.  You have to inspire them to like it.  That’s your responsibility.  Everything depends on the parent’s commitment.

 

 

I’ve written some notes from the book and also a PDF article on a related topic of ‘How to become a professional tennis player: the secret truth,’ so stand by for announcements.