Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

Very eye opening, especially if you're new to the talent versus effort debate. The book started being a bit too close to Malcom Gladwell's "Outliers", which it quotes several times, but the 1st person experiences from the author bring a very good perspective and great examples. Very well narrated as well. Highly recommend.

Fabulous narration. Matthew Syed does a deeper dive into what drives talent, beyond where Gladwell took us. Well researched insights are worth plowing through some familiar ground to get there.

the chapter on drugs felt out of place, but the rest of the book was awesome. even if you are familiar with some of the content (as i was from reading outliers and other similar books), the material in this book is more exhaustive, and Syed's perspective on the topic (as a world champion and an outlier himself) is essential to understanding topics like expert chunking (e.g. the part where he plays tennis with a pro). great book

I have been collecting Self Development books for years but I got to say this one is one of the best. It gives you a clear goal, if you want to be best in your field you need to invest 10 years or 10000 hours to hone your skills, it is not about the talent. Syed provides lot of data to support this argument and it got me to set up a new goals instantly :)

Yes I recommend, I enjoyed the energy of the narrator. His narratives describing the theories were excellent.

I have not listened to this narrator before, but will listen again.

I enjoyed the book and the concepts that were presented. I definitely agree with the basic concept that "practice makes perfect" but I do believe there are individuals that are born with talent. Maybe with some individuals this comes out in more interest in a particular activity or maybe it requires less talent. Either way I think the importance of practice, whether you are born with talent or not, is well emphasized.

Have you ever read/listened to Talent is overrated, Outliers, etc? This book is pretty much about the same, with new stories, not so new stories and old stories, but you know what? Instead of listening again those books I preferred to purchase and listen this one and I was not disappointed. I say go ahead and have some fun.

They are inspirational.

Good performance, at least it did not give me yawnings.

The perspective of the author is great as he experienced everything he writes about. The research behind his journey and others is interesting.

Easy listen, great insight..didn't steal too much from other authors. Enjoyable - first hand experience in all he writes about. Some though provoking themes. Highly recommended.

Very interesting book if you've never read Malcom Gladwell's work - if you have, don't waste your time on Bounce.