This is only the second time that I have attempted to review a book using this blog, but as with the first time, I found the subject matter of the book so riveting that I have to recommend to anyone who reads this.
The book is Bounce by Matthew Syed the former GB Table Tennis player and Times journalist. I bought the book completely by chance as having read the cover description I felt it would be good research material for the book I have been trying to write for the last two years. How right I was!
Bounce explores what it is that makes champions, and in so doing exploded many myths along the way. These include dispelling the belief that talent or race i.e. the genes we are born with, are what will make us successful. In truth and from the excellent research it soon becomes apparent that true path to success is down to hard-work more than any other factor. Of course there are other contributory factors and many of these are addressed in the book such as sports psychology and socio-economic factors.
This is a book that should be read by every parent, sports coach, business manager - pretty much everyone - as it will make you rethink what makes a champion, or a success in any field.
Bounce is published by Fourth Estate, part of Harper Collins and I bought as a paperback.
Enjoy the read which in Iain Dowie parlance is "unputdownable".
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