The Talent Code Trailer – Regular Version (4 min)

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Doing this video was fun and memorable and kind of odd.  We shot it in the Homer Public Library and at Bishop’s Beach, about a mile from my house. 

So yes, those are icebergs behind me. (It was early March in Alaska – though I should also point out that there were a few surfers catching waves just out of the camera’s view.)

And yes, I nearly shattered our new library’s expensive windows when I hit that golf ball. I didn’t mean to hit it. The idea was to take a half swing and later add in a sound effect as if I’d hit it. But as you can see, things didn’t quite work out that way.

How long did it take to learn the trick? About three months, practicing a few minutes a day. One day my daughter walked in while I was practicing in my office over the garage. She watched intently for a few seconds. Then she asked,“So is that what you do up here every day?”

Thanks to George Overpeck, who did the filming, editing, and production, to John Whittier, who helped with technical matters, and to Scott Dickerson, who helped figure out the concept. Also to librarian Teresa Sundmark, who was really nice even when there were golf balls zinging past her ear. 


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6 Responses to “The Talent Code Trailer – Regular Version (4 min)”

  1. Betty Dechert says:
    April 10, 2009 at 10:12 am

    Hi Dan
    Good luck on the book – it sounds like a winner! And welcome (soon) to NE Ohio. Hope we get to see you and Jen and family while you are here.

    Betty and Doug Dechert

  2. Joe Pahl says:
    April 13, 2009 at 8:36 am

    Dan,

    Very cool. Hope to see you in OH soon.

    JP

  3. Thillai Natarajan says:
    May 2, 2009 at 5:39 am

    Ya, it was a long been argument about Genius made or born ?
    There is a book by Howe “Genius Explained” which talks about
    practices makes genius.
    Quite interesting and interested to read Daniel Coyle’s book.
    Thanks

  4. Remaking the Workplace » Genius/Talent - a refreshing new view says:
    May 3, 2009 at 4:50 am

    [...] more rapid growth than we normally expect and that forms one part of his genius model. Go to http://thetalentcode.com/video/ to hear Coyle make his point. This is worth watching all the way through to see Coyle mimic Tiger [...]

  5. Adrian Compton says:
    May 4, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    A fascinating reading. Well research and well written, I throughly enjoyed this book, I highly recommend it.

  6. Ruth Howard says:
    January 26, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    Im intending to read your book that was helpful I sped past the bit about slooowing things down…!

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