At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, The Linsly School in Wheeling will host New York Times best-selling author Dan Coyle for a discussion titled "What is the Secret of Talent."
Coyle is a journalist and author whose latest book is titled "The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How." He will talk about his groundbreaking research in which he visited nine of the world's greatest talent hotbeds, from a small music camp in upstate New York to an elementary school in California to the baseball fields of Caribbean island nations.
"He found that there's a pattern common to all of them - certain methods of training, motivation and coaching. This pattern, which has to do with the fundamental mechanisms through which the brain acquires skill, gives us a new way to think about talent - as well as new tools with which we can unlock our own talents and those of our kids," according to the website, www.thetalentcode.com.
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Dan Coyle
The presentation is free and open to the public.
"Like the Linsly philosophy, Dan's message suggests that we pursue excellence one individual at at a time, that we hold students to the highest possible standards in all aspects of school life - academics, athletics and character development - and that greatness is grown through hard work, persistence and disciplined practice," said Chad Barnett, Linsly headmaster.
For information, call the school, 304-233-1436.
