Talent Is Overrated
What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
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3.9 • 132 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Expanding on a landmark cover story in Fortune, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance.
One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called What It Takes to Be Great. Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field--from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch--are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn't come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades.
And not just plain old hard work, like your grandmother might have advocated, but a very specific kind of work. The key is how you practice, how you analyze the results of your progress and learn from your mistakes, that enables you to achieve greatness.
Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of business, negotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the rest obey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved.
This new mind-set, combined with Colvin's practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and career and will inspire you to achieve more in all you do.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews
Great if you understand concept
The poor review prior doesn't give this book it's due. Yes we all know we should practice to get better at something, the book is not questioning this. This book is merely making the reader grasp what makes someone great as compared to the individual who practices as much not. The concept is deliberate practice, and most give up when something becomes hard, or if we continue to practice we never push the limits of our abilities because we don't want it to be hard. Gives you insight into examples, as well as describing the length of time necessary to master a skill or goal which is mentioned in other books as well.
Poor
We all know we should practice, but this book is dry and takes a very long time getting to the point. The beginning is of interest but after you own the book and start reading it goes down hill. Keep looking!
You order food at a five star resort and just eat bread because the real food doesn't show up till an hour later, and you request a refund for lack of timely serving. Well that's this book.....
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