Bounce

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

By: Matthew Syed

Narrated by: James Clamp

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.

great book from an essential perspective

the chapter on drugs felt out of place, but the rest of the book was awesome. even if you are familiar with some of the content (as i was from reading outliers and other similar books), the material in this book is more exhaustive, and Syed's perspective on the topic (as a world champion and an outlier himself) is essential to understanding topics like expert chunking (e.g. the part where he plays tennis with a pro). great book

Author fundaments concept, but too many stories

is a good book, but stories are too long you have to dig in to get to the wisdom nuggets or you will miss them.

Practice makes perfect

I liked the book. Basically, practice makes perfect. Start early, keep on training, be mindful about it and eventually you will be very good at it.

Loved it

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes I recommend, I enjoyed the energy of the narrator. His narratives describing the theories were excellent.

Have you listened to any of James Clamp???s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not listened to this narrator before, but will listen again.

amazing book for anyone doing anything performance

highly recommend fot anyone playing sports or anything that is competitive and wants to improve