Talent Is Overrated What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Name: Talent Is Overrated What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
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ISBN: 9781591842248

ISBN-10: 1591842247

ISBN-13: 9781591842248

Edition: 2008

Authors: Geoff Colvin

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Expanding on a landmark cover story in Fortune, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance. One of the most popular Fortunearticles 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 doesnt 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…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/16/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




The Mystery: Great performance is more valuable than ever-but where does it really come from?



Talent Is Overrated: Confronting the unexpected facts about innate abilities



How Smart Do You Have to Be?: The true role of intelligence and memory in high achievement



A Better Idea: An explanation of great performance that makes sense



What Deliberate Practice Is and Isn't: For starters, it isn't what most of us do when we're "practicing."



How Deliberate Practice Works: The specific ways it changes us, and how that makes all the difference



Applying the Principles in Our Lives: The opportunities are many-if we think about our work in a new way



Applying the Principles in Our Organizations: Few do it well, and most don't do it at all; the sooner you start, the better



Performing Great at Innovation: How the principles we've learned take us past the myths of creativity



Great Performance in Youth and Age: The extraordinary benefits of starting early and continuing on and on



Where Does the Passion Come From?: Understanding the deepest question about great performance


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