Analysis Of Mr. Coyle's Argument 'Deep Practice'

Although, it has some limitations that kind of weakness Mr. Coyle’s argument, his argument has a use that can be used to benefit our lives. One use of this argument is becoming an effective leader. According to Becoming a leader you must have a good listening skills. According to the article “What is “Deep Practice” — and How Can It Make You a Better Leader?”, it states, “Committed to deep practice, Susan worked tirelessly to become an active and empathetic listener. Her team members noticed the change, triggering an immediate shift in the workplace environment.” This is important because deep practice helps Susan practice and training her mind to become an active listener. Mr. Coyle argument of deep practice is very useful in becoming an effective …show more content…
This makes his argument very weak because not everyone has access to a professional that he could ask a lot of question, see him play in person and learn a lot from, like when Kobe did as a kid. According to Kobe Bryant, he stated, “you have to be a master at your craft.” This statement contradict his argument, because the only reason he became a master of his craft, basketball, was because of his father. His father played a huge role in his life of being a basketball player, because if he wasn't born into the sport, he wouldn’t have a huge opportunity to become a professional basketball player. Another limit, is when Kobe Bryant created the “Black Mamba”, he is purposely keep everything in and channel it to rage. According to the the documentary, Kobe Bryant stated, “I had all of this resentment and anger inside of me, that I didn’t really let out. It was never viewed as i’m going to control this thing, but more like, you know what, I just going to delay the irruption. I’m going to push it to the other side and use it to my benefit.”(21:20) Kobe Bryant is pushing down his anger in and it's unhealthy. He don’t have a good system to deal with his issues and …show more content…
This make Kobe channel all the hate, sadness, and his failures to rage. It made us see that using negative emotion can benefit you to cultivate greatness. . According to this article, “How To Turn Negative Emotions Into Your Greatest Advantage” it states “And paradoxically, negative emotions can be a powerful catalyst for positive experiences and realizations.” This saying that negative emotion can make a person achieve more and use negativity as a beacon to become great. It went on and said, “Anger can be fueled into creativity.” Kobe Bryant used anger from his life to help him and push him to be creative in the court. This is a big factor in cultivating expertise because it made Kobe Bryant willing to overcome his failures. Another use is sacrificing friendship, in order to be the master at you craft. According to the article, “The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Reinventing Yourself”, it states, “What if my friends think I’m crazy? What friends?” So, this basically echoes Kobe Bryant idea that in order to be successful you have to sacrifice hanging with friends. As they see it, hanging in the friends can slow you down and wouldn’t work hard the be the best. Kobe Bryant and this article have similar ideas and it is to work hard to cultivate expertise.
In conclusion, the book “The Talent Code” and the Kobe Bryant’s documentary,