What's the Secret of Talent? And Can We Unlock It?

November 29, 2009

PORTLAND, CT--“For those who are passionate about advancing the cause of education, this is simply the most important book they could read this year or any other,” Gary H. Collins said today. “This book will become mandatory reading for all of our Foundation’s past and future scholarship classes.”
In his groundbreaking work, “The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How”, New York times best selling author Daniel Coyle provides students, parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople—and everyone else—with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others. Coyle identifies the three key elements—Deep Practice, Ignition and Master Coaching—necessary to develop gifts and optimize performance in everything from math to writing to art.
“As an organization that strives to help young people to rise above their circumstances, the books stands as the blueprint that can empower them to do so—and achieve greatness,” Collins adds. “It teaches in a more articulate and profound way than any known work to date that genes determine far less than most of us think.”
The Collins Foundation, Inc. expects to incorporate The Talent Code as part of its support of The Big Read in 2010.
For more on The Talent Code, see http://thetalentcode.com.