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Bounce

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

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Bounce

By: Matthew Syed
Narrated by: James Clamp
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About this listen

 In the vein of the international bestselling Freakonomics, award-winning journalist Matthew Syed reveals the hidden clues to success—in sports, business, school, and just about anything else that you’d want to be great at. Fans of Predictably Irrational and Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will find many interesting and helpful insights in Bounce. Career Success Social Sciences Sports Psychology Sports Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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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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Extremely informative and good jumping off point for further reading into more specific issues discussed throughout the book.

Ignites the desire to delve deeper.

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Changed my view of the the phrase 'practice makes perfect'. It seems it certainly does, regardless of your walk of life.

Interesting listen

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A fascinating and insightful listen. A must listen for anyone who wishes to improve oneself.

A must listen

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this book breaks down a lot of what is understood of sport and athletes and explains the difference between talent vs hardwork. the examples it uses provide an excellent way to illustrate the details.

brilliantly interesting.

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