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Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else Hardcover – October 16, 2008
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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.
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPortfolio
- Publication dateOctober 16, 2008
- Dimensions6.23 x 0.98 x 9.28 inches
- ISBN-101591842247
- ISBN-13978-1591842248
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"Talent Is Overrated is a profoundly important book. With clarity and precision, Geoff Colvin exposes one of the fundamental misconceptions of modern life-that our ability to excel depends on innate qualities. Then, drawing on an array of compelling stories and stacks of research, he reveals the true path to high performance-deliberate practice fueled by intrinsic motivation. This is the rare business book that will both prompt you to think and inspire you to act."-Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind
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- Publisher : Portfolio
- Publication date : October 16, 2008
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- Print length : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1591842247
- ISBN-13 : 978-1591842248
- Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.23 x 0.98 x 9.28 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #166,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #132 in Popular Applied Psychology
- #625 in Success Self-Help
- #1,478 in Business & Money (Books)
About the author

Geoff Colvin, is Fortune's senior editor-at-large and has written hundred of articles for the magazine including its popular column Value Driven. He lectures widely and is the regular lead moderator for the Fortune Global Forum. Colvin graduated Harvard cum laude with a B.A. in economics, and received his M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School. His first book, Talent Is Overrated, earned global acclaim and was a Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and New York Times business bestseller. www.GeoffColvin.com
































