The Myth Of The Natural: Practice, Passion and the Good News About Great Performance

Author:   Geoff Colvin
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
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9781591842248


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 November 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Fortune magazine editor Geoff Colvin offers new evidence that top performers in any field are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness, he argues, does not come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades. The key to this is how successful people practice, how the results of practice are analysed and how they learn from their mistakes. This new mindset will change the way reader's think about their jobs and careers, and will inspire them to achieve more in all they do.

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Author:   Geoff Colvin
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Portfolio
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781591842248


ISBN 10:   1591842247
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 November 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Geoff Colvin has written a fascinating study of great achievers from Mozart to Tiger Woods, and he has brilliantly highlighted the fact that great effort equals great success. I agree, and Talent Is Overrated is not only inspiring but enlightening. It's a terrific read all the way through. -Donald Trump<br><br> 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 <br><br>


Geoff Colvin has written a fascinating study of great achievers from Mozart to Tiger Woods, and he has brilliantly highlighted the fact that great effort equals great success. I agree, and Talent Is Overrated is not only inspiring but enlightening. It's a terrific read all the way through. -Donald Trump 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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Geoff Colvin, Fortune's senior edi-tor at large, is one of America's most respected journalists. He lectures widely and is the regular lead modera-tor for the Fortune Global Forum. A frequent television guest, Colvin also appears daily on the CBS Radio Net-work, reaching seven million listeners each week. He coanchored Wall Street Week on PBS for three years. He lives in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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