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Bounce
- Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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- Andy
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takes us beyond Outliers
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.
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- 07-19-13
Great book about top performance
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I really enjoyed this book. It explains very interesting aspects of top performances in sports and other areas. It's one of the few books I've read that discusses the phenomenon of "choking under pressure". (Come on researchers, do more research on choking.)
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- Joao
- 06-14-10
Very eye opening
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.
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- V.D.
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great book from an essential perspective
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
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- Peter Levius
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One of my favorite books
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 :)
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- Areli Valencia
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The book was very motivational and makes you want to put in some time into those hobbies you thought you were not good at. This could be a really good book for the adolescent going through a hard time in their sport or chosen activity. The bppl challenges the idea of natural born talent and gives you the many examples of why talent is not born with rather it is acquire through hard work and most importantly PRACTICE. I recommend as this was a quick read. I enjoyed the third person narratives and story line, it felt like I was watching an episode of history channel with vivid imagery and interviews. Love the execution really does transport you.
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- TravelingDentist
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Very similar to Talent is overrated and Outliers
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. Tells us things we want to hear. The harder to try at something, the better you'll get. It levels the playing field. Letting us know that just about anything is within our grasp with enough practice.
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I love the fact that he used his personal experience as a ping pong champion to illustrate the concepts in the book.
If you could give Bounce a new subtitle, what would it be?
There is no such thing as talent.
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- Louann
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Loved it
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes I recommend, I enjoyed the energy of the narrator. His narratives describing the theories were excellent.
Have you listened to any of James Clamp???s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have not listened to this narrator before, but will listen again.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-22
Very good
There’s a lot of lessons to learn in this book about being good at anything you do in life, I really liked it. And the performance is very good.
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- leon schrage
- 08-23-21
Excellent and timeless
Does an excellent job of bringing together the teachings of Anders Ericsson, Carol Dweck and countless others into a cohesive plan of creating elite performance.
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- Trudy
- 07-20-15
A slow start....
I'm finding this quite a hard book to get into - although, after looking at reviews, I think I should persevere!!
I don't find the narrators voice very captivating. I think it may be a better book to read than listen to as I have dipped into various sections that have been more interesting.
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- Mr. R. D. Cox
- 06-20-11
so much more than the title suggests
I saw Matthew Syed first when interviewed after Rory McRoy meltdown at Augusta Georgia. I researched his book and it certainly looked worth reading given his background as a top table tennis player who had his own meltdown at the Olympics.
But this book goes well beyond what the title suggests. This book brings together a great deal of research which suggests that the notion of talent does not exist. As in another title called the talent myth there is a tremendous amount of research to suggest that hard work beats everything and talent is a myth created by people who play down the amount of effort they have put into achieving success.
Having read this book and lead me on to a great many other similar piece of work which is definitely changing the way I think.
being heavily dyslexic means I have had to work harder than most to achieve results, and this book has helped improve my self-esteem.
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- Judy Corstjens
- 09-06-12
Bad start and end - good middle
As I started listening I thought the book was a disaster because it seemed to be a rehash of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers. But then it offered rather more compelling evidence that Gladwell - such as the huge proportion of top British table tennis players coming out of Reading (one small town) and interesting take on the placebo effect (including religion) in sport. The end was a disappointing treatment of genetic influences in sporting prowess (Syed is keen to deny their existence completely), but he seemed to have forgotten that in just the previous chapter he was tentatively arguing for allowing athletes (and other humans) to experiment with genetic enhancements, such as resistance to cold viruses and raising intelligence. He does not offer any convincing explanation as to why certain groups of east africans dominate endurance races, and Jamaican do the same for sprints. It is facile to say that statements such as 'generally blacks are superior at sport' are false. Of course they are. But there is something to explain when only one white man (Lemaitre) has run 100m in under 10 secs. Syed's answer is 'stereotyping'. Hmm. Still, well worth reading.
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- Katie
- 07-24-15
Very insightful and thought provoking!
As someone who is deeply interested in sport and naturally the recipe for success, this book is an incredible listen which goes beyond anything I've heard before using data to back up the case for meaningful practice being of greater importance than physical talent. Great use of real life scenarios make Matthew Syed's arguments deeply compelling, and well worth your consideration!
A great listen!
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- Joshwright10
- 05-26-15
Must Read!
The first part of the books just seems like common sense that people ignore on a day to day basis. I would strongly recommend this for any young parents or soon to be parents.
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- Turkeybawz
- 02-17-15
A decent listen(audiobook)
Having read malcolm gladwells outliers was keen to find out syeds take on the issue. A decent explanation though nothing greatly new from outliers.
In agreement with the concept that true effort and work at gaining knowledge as the most important thing but think it does downplay the role of genetics somewhat. Too much is placed on genetics but it's undeniable that myself as a 5 7" white man was never going to play in the NBA no matter the graft and effort
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- Kevin Matthews
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- Richard Gregory
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Great if you've not read Outliers, Deep Thinking or Thinking Fast and Slow. Alas, I have.
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- Sir Walter Raleigh
- 08-13-17
The book is a great read. The audio book is lousy
This book is an excellent read. Sadly, the audio book is awful, thanks to the monotonous drone of the narrator who has amateur and immature intonation, no subtlety, no irony and a timbre and metre that switches you off when it's not being highly annoying. His reading was more suited to advertisements for dodgy hair products or calling the Bingo than a serious audio book. Ruined it. I cannot recommend this product, although I CAN endorse the book
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- LisaMarie
- 10-31-16
Food for thought
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Motivational & thought provoking.
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- Tiberio Martinez A
- 07-07-17
Great book
This book views the outperformers in a new and interesting way.
At the end tends to focus perhaps too much in sports but the principles can be applicable to other areas.
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- SJ
- 02-09-16
Good but should have been more elaborate
Narrator was good. Author should have elaborated more on kind of practice n fitness depending on the sport.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-12-21
Long winded
Some great points made over & over again.
The book needs to be edited to about half its length.
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- Alexander Paz
- 02-07-19
Fantastic book
Such a powerful read that can inspire a paradigm shift. Reading this book will naturally foster the development of a growth mindset and the willingness to work hard to achieve your goals.
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- Rob
- 12-26-17
Great insight and something different
Really enjoyed the first third of the book. The ending wasn't quite as interesting. Definitely worth a read
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- Alex Crossley
- 06-10-17
Syed is a fantastic writer
I read Black Box Thinking before this title and so expectations were high. This book isn't quite up to that standard but still well worth the read/listen.
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- Jen Freer
- 04-03-17
Found this book really interesting
Having 3 sporty kids. Reinforced in an interesting manner with diverse examples that 10 000 of purposeful training is required to reach an elite level of anything!
Once I sorted the speed of the audio I really enjoyed the information shared by the author. Definitely worth listening to.
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- Erin
- 12-27-15
great book
British narrator, great story and interesting food for thought, makes alot of sense to me
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