Talent is overrated : what really separates world-class performers from everybody else /
Colvin, Geoffrey.
Talent is overrated : what really separates world-class performers from everybody else / by Geoff Colvin. - New York : Portfolio, 2008. - 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
The mystery -- Talent is overrated -- How smart do you have to be? -- A better idea -- What deliberate practice is and isn't -- How deliberate practice works -- Applying the principles in our lives -- Applying the principles in our organizations -- Performing great at innovation -- Where does the passion come from? -- Understanding the deepest question about great performance.
An expansion on the author's popular Fortune article,'What It Takes to Be Great,' builds on his premise about success being linked to the practice and perseverance of specific efforts, in a full-length report that draws on scientific principles and real-world examples to demonstrate his systematic process at work.
9781591842248 ( hbk) RM54.95 1591842247 9781591842941 ( pbk)
Work--Psychological aspects.
Performance.
Talent is overrated : what really separates world-class performers from everybody else / by Geoff Colvin. - New York : Portfolio, 2008. - 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
The mystery -- Talent is overrated -- How smart do you have to be? -- A better idea -- What deliberate practice is and isn't -- How deliberate practice works -- Applying the principles in our lives -- Applying the principles in our organizations -- Performing great at innovation -- Where does the passion come from? -- Understanding the deepest question about great performance.
An expansion on the author's popular Fortune article,'What It Takes to Be Great,' builds on his premise about success being linked to the practice and perseverance of specific efforts, in a full-length report that draws on scientific principles and real-world examples to demonstrate his systematic process at work.
9781591842248 ( hbk) RM54.95 1591842247 9781591842941 ( pbk)
Work--Psychological aspects.
Performance.