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Book Club: My 10 Key Takeaways from "The Little Book of Talent " by Daniel Coyle

Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

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How to Master a Skill

The key to deep practice is to reach. This means to stretch yourself slightly beyond your current ability, spending time in the zone of difficulty called the sweet spot. Musicians at Meadowmount cut apart musical scores with scissors and put the pieces in a hat then pull each section out at random. Then after the chunks are learned separately, they start combining them in the correct order - like so many puzzle pieces.

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