Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
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Colvin, Geoffrey T.
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Penguin Publishing Group , 2008.
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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 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.

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eBook
Street Date
10/16/2008
Language
English
ISBN
9781101079003
Subjects
Business
Sociology
Nonfiction
Economics

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Colvin (senior editor at large, Fortune Magazine) challenges the popular contemporary emphasis on natural "gifts" that lead to achievement (broadly defined). He makes an inspired case for "deliberate practice" as the keystone that separates high performers from the rest of the population. To support his theory, the author integrates research and his experience as a business journalist. Although this is not a scholarly interpretation of research by a scientist devoted to study of a topic--Betty Hart and Todd Risley's outstanding Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children (CH, Feb'96, 33-3435) is such a work--and therefore not a perfect fit for academic collections, it is compelling reading and offers needed perspective. Summing Up: Optional. All readers, all levels. M. Bonner Peru State College

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Colvin, G. T. (2008). Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else . Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Colvin, Geoffrey T. 2008. Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else. Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Colvin, Geoffrey T. Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else Penguin Publishing Group, 2008.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Colvin, G. T. (2008). Talent is overrated: what really separates world-class performers from everybody else. Penguin Publishing Group.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Colvin, Geoffrey T. Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else Penguin Publishing Group, 2008.

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