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- 17/05/13: The Most Important Moment of Practice
- 14/05/13: The Little Team
- 10/05/13: How to Be Lazy: 30 Rules for High-Performance Loafing
- 07/05/13: Are These Parents Terrible or Brilliant?
- 03/05/13: Want to Learn Faster? Subtract the Teacher
- 30/04/13: The Learnable Art of Group Chemistry
- 26/04/13: 5 Surprising Habits of Super-Creatives
- 22/04/13: Clumsy is Good
- 17/04/13: When’s the Most Important Time to Practice? (Not When You Think.)
- 16/04/13: Boston
- 12/04/13: Why You Should Mimic More
- 09/04/13: How to Spot a Master Teacher: A Field Guide
- 05/04/13: A Quick Glimpse into the Future of Learning
- 02/04/13: 11 Rules for Better Writing
- 20/03/13: How to Overcome Fear of Mistakes: One Coach’s Story
- 15/03/13: The 7 Rules of Napping
- 12/03/13: Steal This Idea, Please
- 08/03/13: The One Word You Shouldn’t Use With Your Kids
- 06/03/13: Our Weekend at the Sports Nerd Super Bowl
- 28/02/13: How to Stop Being Allergic to Practice
- 26/02/13: Stop Judging Talent; Start Nurturing Character
- 24/02/13: Warning: This Video May Be Addictive
- 22/02/13: Make Your Future Self Happy: Guest Post by My Daughter Katie (14)
- 20/02/13: And the Oscar for Best Skill-Improvement Method Goes to…
- 15/02/13: Hey Coaches and Teachers: Quit Being Calm, and Start Getting Messy
- 12/02/13: Super Baby: the Prodigy Recipe
- 08/02/13: Why Putting on Your “Game Face” is a Bad Idea
- 05/02/13: How to Daydream More Effectively
- 01/02/13: The Power of Fun
- 29/01/13: Eloquence is Overrated: Why You Should Teach Like You Tweet
- 25/01/13: Avoiding the Helpfulness Trap: Why Parents Shouldn’t Help Their Kids Too Much
- 22/01/13: The Agility Loop
- 11/01/13: “The World Sends Us Garbage. We Send Back Music.”
- 07/01/13: How to Get Better Feedback
- 21/12/12: Four Life Lessons from Jerry Seinfeld, Master Craftsman
- 19/12/12: Last-Minute Holiday Gift-o-Rama
- 14/12/12: Can This Machine Build a Better Athlete?
- 11/12/12: The Most Powerful 3-Letter Word a Parent or Teacher Can Use
- 07/12/12: Yep, It’s a Video of Some Dogs Learning to Drive a Car
- 06/12/12: Why You Should Be Relieved Your Kids Are Not Prodigies
- 03/12/12: Peer Turbo Power: How Clipboards Can Accelerate Learning
- 29/11/12: A Winning Habit
- 21/11/12: Thanksgiving Test
- 19/11/12: The One Word You Should Avoid Using
- 14/11/12: The Power of Ownership
- 13/11/12: Wa-hoo!
- 12/11/12: How to Boost Awareness
- 07/11/12: The Power of MicroPractice: Why 5 Minutes Makes a Big Difference
- 05/11/12: A Must-See Movie
- 01/11/12: One Quick Way to Spot a Good Coach
- 26/10/12: How to Nurture Talent (Without Being a Psycho Parent)
- 22/10/12: A Reader Writes: Please Help Rescue My School’s Crummy Facilities!
- 18/10/12: How to Anticipate Better (Step 1: Stand Still)
- 15/10/12: Four Quick Cures for Poor Practice
- 12/10/12: TSR in the News
- 08/10/12: Better Parenting Through Silence
- 04/10/12: How to Improve Your Focus
- 02/10/12: Should You Follow Your Passion? (Nope – You Should Grow It)
- 27/09/12: How to Praise Your Kids
- 25/09/12: How to be More Creative
- 20/09/12: How to Begin a New Skill
- 18/09/12: The Coach in Your Head: How to Get Better at Self-Talk
- 13/09/12: How to Coach Your Kid
- 11/09/12: How to Be Ready for the Big Test
- 31/08/12: The Secret Race
- 23/08/12: New Video of Coaching Tip #42: Avoid Giving Long Speeches
- 21/08/12: LBOT: The Big Interview
- 26/07/12: LBOT Trailer #1
- 25/07/12: How to Build Better Reflexes: Forget Speed and Focus on Information
- 17/07/12: What World-Class Practice Looks Like, Part 2
- 11/07/12: How the Best Teachers Begin Their Lessons
- 01/07/12: How to Fix a Slump
- 12/06/12: Introducing Your Talent-Tip Hall of Fame
- 08/06/12: What’s Your Coaching-Thought?
- 05/06/12: My First Reader
- 31/05/12: What Does Great Practice Feel Like?
- 29/05/12: How to Build Resilience
- 25/05/12: Dept. of Multitasking
- 23/05/12: The New Report Card: Forget an “A,” Try for an “M”
- 18/05/12: How to Imagine More Effectively
- 15/05/12: LBOT Preview: Meet Your Talented Illustrator
- 10/05/12: Good Books
- 08/05/12: Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) on the Big Stuff
- 04/05/12: What Mastery Feels Like
- 03/05/12: The Social Power of Sharing Mistakes
- 27/04/12: The Kid Who Loves Music
- 25/04/12: The Power of Small Wins
- 19/04/12: A Solution for “The Parent Problem”
- 16/04/12: To Learn Faster, Raise the Stakes
- 10/04/12: How to Make Learning Addictive
- 04/04/12: Q: What Stands Between You and Better Performance? (A: You)
- 26/03/12: How to be Brave
- 20/03/12: The Real Lessons of the 10,000-Hour Rule
- 12/03/12: How to Get Better? Be Like Evolution
- 07/03/12: Who’s Your Posse?
- 02/03/12: Read This Book
- 27/02/12: The Talent Builders
- 20/02/12: Should Coaches and Teachers Have a PreFlight Checklist?
- 15/02/12: How to Spot High-Quality Learning? The Nose Knows.
- 10/02/12: The Senator Experiment
- 06/02/12: The 50-Yr-Old Basketball Hacker-Genius
- 01/02/12: Everybody’s Doing the Flip
- 24/01/12: How Great Coaches Think
- 18/01/12: The 3 Levels of Effective Practice
- 13/01/12: Choices, Choices
- 11/01/12: Is This Great, Or is it Creepy?
- 22/12/11: The Uses of Enchantment
- 14/12/11: How to Fail Smarter: The Goldilocks Rule
- 09/12/11: The 1-Second Method
- 02/12/11: The New Way to Identify Talent: The G Factor
- 29/11/11: A Field Guide to Avoiding Toxic Teachers/Coaches
- 17/11/11: What’s Your Gadget?
- 14/11/11: Tip: When to Think (and When Not To)
- 08/11/11: A Word of Coaching Advice: Talk Less, Matter More
- 02/11/11: Genes are Overrated
- 26/10/11: Brainology for All! A Bill of Kid Rights
- 10/10/11: Forget 10,000 Hours. Try Hans’s 2-Minute Method.
- 28/09/11: What’s Your Z-Score?
- 31/05/11: A Gauge for Measuring Effective Practice
- 16/05/11: Why Being Stupid is Close to Being Smart
- 02/05/11: The Angry Birds Theory of Success
- 18/04/11: How to Quit Like a Champion
- 03/04/11: A Sneak Preview — and a Question
- 09/03/11: Stare to Win
- 24/02/11: Breaking Ceilings
- 09/02/11: The Power of Crumminess
- 26/01/11: Stealing Talent: A Pickpocket’s Guide
- 12/01/11: Have You Had Your Vitamin S Today?
- 01/01/11: Got Passion? The Quiz
- 02/12/10: Unknown Genius Teachers: Who’s Yours?
- 17/11/10: How to Light a Fire: The Keith Richards Method
- 03/11/10: How NOT to Develop Your Talent: The 3 Deadly Habits
- 20/10/10: Advice That Changed Your Life
- 06/10/10: How to Be More Creative (Step 1: Destroy)
- 21/09/10: The One Best Habit
- 08/09/10: How to Raise a Prodigy (and How Not To)
- 24/08/10: Letter to Students: Cliffs Notes for A Faster Brain
- 05/08/10: How to Be a Late Bloomer
- 22/07/10: Why Being Terrible is Kind of Wonderful
- 14/07/10: The Learner’s Dictionary
- 06/07/10: The 0.25 Second That Makes All the Difference
- 21/06/10: Boosting Innovation Velocity
- 09/06/10: 3 Principles of Goofing Around
- 02/06/10: Rules of Ignition
- 26/05/10: The Importance of Being Simple
- 20/05/10: Building a Leader’s Brain: The Underdog Plan
- 13/05/10: Vision Improvement
- 05/05/10: Identifying Talent: What Really Matters
- 30/04/10: Learn Like a Baby
- 26/04/10: The Power of Play: 3 Tips
- 21/04/10: How to Read
- 15/04/10: The Uses of Madness
- 09/04/10: The Rule of Limits
- 01/04/10: What Shape is Your Talent?
- 26/03/10: Yo-Yo Ma to the Rescue
- 15/03/10: The Importance of Being Unpredictable
- 09/03/10: The 3 Traits of Great Teachers
- 01/03/10: And the Oscar Goes to…
- 22/02/10: Are You In the Zone? Take This Test.
- 19/02/10: Tiger’s Baby Steps
- 10/02/10: How to Design a Useful Yardstick
- 03/02/10: 3 Rules of High-Velocity Learning
- 28/01/10: Will Apple’s iPad Make Us Dumb? (Or Smarter?)
- 22/01/10: The Science of the Hot Streak
- 11/01/10: Family Talent
- 30/12/09: Seeing Beneath Greatness
- 23/12/09: Lighting Fires
- 15/12/09: The Talent of Creativity
- 10/12/09: Greatest Teachers: Who Would You Choose?
- 01/12/09: The (Hidden) Genius of Editing
- 25/11/09: Thanksgiving
- 24/11/09: Good Reads, Links, Tunes
- 20/11/09: Tina Fey’s Transformation
- 19/11/09: The Underrated Benefits of Faking
- 16/11/09: Geek Power: How Peyton Manning is Like Warren Buffett
- 13/11/09: Never Mind the Book!
- 11/11/09: The Genius of Screwups
- 09/11/09: Great Teachers Part I: The Hoops Whisperer
- 05/11/09: Funny Business: How The Onion is like Toyota
- 03/11/09: Learning Cello in 20 Minutes: An Experiment
- 02/11/09: Miracle Speech
- 24/10/09: Baby Einstein: The Real Story
- 19/10/09: The Slow, Wondrous Writing of Junot Diaz
- 15/10/09: Slow is Beautiful
- 13/10/09: Superheroes of Rock
- 09/10/09: Dudamel and Little Dudes
- 06/10/09: The Next Mozart
- 05/10/09: Igniting Passion: The “Side-Door” Method
- 02/10/09: The Beatles, Before They Were The Beatles
- 30/09/09: Sweet Gig
- 28/09/09: Practicing Self-Control
- 21/09/09: Portrait of a Genius as a Young Girl
- 16/09/09: Amsterdam
- 14/09/09: What Can Myelin Do For You?
- 14/09/09: Loop of Redemption
- 25/08/09: A Star is Grown
- 23/08/09: Tiny Island, Huge Talent
- 22/08/09: Actors and Generals
- 20/08/09: Learning Perfect Pitch
- 19/08/09: Look Who’s Thinking!
- 17/08/09: Sparks Flying
- 14/08/09: Les Paul, Guitar Hero
- 31/07/09: World’s Fastest Everything
- 29/07/09: Teach Naked?
- 17/07/09: Practicing Happiness
- 19/06/09: Viva Mr. B
- 17/06/09: Piano Magic
- 15/06/09: David Byrne: How Did He Get Here?
- 02/06/09: Crazy Tennis Parents
- 29/05/09: Decoding Conan O’Brien
- 26/05/09: Big Muscles, Bigger Skills.
- 22/05/09: Super Memory Club
- 20/05/09: Graduation Gifts
- 18/05/09: Jack Kerouac’s Spring Training
- 12/05/09: Growing Willpower
- 07/05/09: Deep, Deep Practice
- 05/05/09: Cognitive Cash
- 04/05/09: Dirty Jobs, Sharp Skill Circuits
- 02/05/09: Kid Talk
- 30/04/09: Abraham Lincoln, Deep Practicing Guy
- 26/04/09: Decoding Funtwo (Guitar Superhero)
- 23/04/09: Decoding Danny MacAskill (Biker)
- 20/04/09: Voice of an Angel
- 15/04/09: Dyslexia and Entrepreneurs
- 10/04/09: Little Tiger
- 04/04/09: Ray and Otis
- 04/04/09: Welcome
