Talent Is Overrated
Great performance comes from deliberate practice, not innate gifts. A business journalist explains the research.
Biography
Geoff Colvin is an American journalist and long-time senior editor at Fortune magazine. Talent Is Overrated (2008) popularized research on deliberate practice.
Main ideas and philosophy
Colvin argues that world-class performance comes mainly from deliberate practice rather than innate talent.
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