Coyle, Daniel

Chronicles the 1991 season of an inner city Little League baseball team in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project.

"Daniel Coyle spent three years researching the question of what makes a successful group tick, visiting some of the world's most productive groups--including Pixar, Navy SEALs, Zappos, IDEO, and the San Antonio Spurs. Coyle discovered that high-performing groups relentlessly generate three key messages that enable them to excel: 1) Safety - we are connected. 2) Shared Risk - we are vulnerable together. 3) Purpose - we are part of the same story. Filled with first-hand reporting, fascinating science, compelling real-world stories, and leadership tools that can apply to businesses, schools, sports, families, and any kind of group, The Culture Code will revolutionize how you think about creating and sustaining successful groups."--.

Contains fifty-two methods to improve skills in sports, music, art, math, and business.

Contends that high levels of myelin in the brain result in a person's ability to acquire and excel at certain skills and offers advice on using coaching, practice, and motivation to increase the brain matter.

Follows champion bicyclist Lance Armstrong throughout the 2004 racing season, chronicling his quest to win his sixth Tour de France, and examines his response to charges of doping, his strategies for coping with aging, his complex relationships with teammates and rivals, and his methods for keeping a psychological edge over his competitors.