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What if everything you believe about talent is wrong? For too long, we've worshipped the myth of natural talent-crushing dreams, destroying potential and telling millions of kids they're ""not good enough."" TOTAL BULLSH*T. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school team. Tom Brady was pick #199. Stephen Curry was ""too small."" What separated them wasn't genes-it was CHARACTER. This book will shatter everything you think you know about athletic success and show you the 10 Championship Choices that actually predict greatness. Your child may not be ""talented""-but they can be something infinitely better. This is a book of hope for every kid who's ever been told they're not enough. With over 30 years working with kids, coaches and committed parents all over the world, Wayne Goldsmith will guide you through the Talent Myth and help you to help every child discover their true potential.

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Wayne Goldsmith has spent over 25 years revolutionizing athletic de-velopment across six continents, working with some of the world's mostsuccessful athletes, coaches, and sporting organizations. His ground-breaking insights into talent and character development come from directexperience with Olympic gold medalists, world champions, professionalteams, and national sporting programs at the highest levels of internationalcompetition.As a globally recognized expert in high-performance sport, Wayne has con-sulted with major sporting organizations worldwide, designing innovativeprograms that challenge conventional talent identification methods. Hiswork spans every level of athletic development-from grassroots youthprograms to professional sports franchises and Olympic training centers-giving him unique perspective on what truly creates sporting excellence.Wayne is one of the world's leading advocates for evidence-based youth de-velopment, having presented to tens of thousands of sporting parents acrossmultiple countries. His revolutionary approach to talent development hasinfluenced coaching education programs globally and transformed howfamilies approach youth sports participation.Author of five books and over 500 articles published internationally, Wayne has received prestigious awards including the International Prizefor Creativity in Sport. His work has been featured in major sportingpublications worldwide and translated into multiple languages.Through his international consulting practice, Wayne continues to workwith sporting organizations across North America, Europe, Asia, andOceania, helping create sustainable athletic development systems thatprioritize character over natural gifts.

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