Talent Is Overrated : What REALLY Separates World Class Performers from Everybody Else


Geoff. Colvin
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
London : : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, , 2011.
Omfang
1 online resource (336 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; One: The Mystery; Two: Talent Is Overrated; Three: How Smart Do You Have to Be?; Four: A Better Idea; Five: What Deliberate Practice Is and Isn't; Six: How Deliberate Practice Works; Seven: Applying the Principles in Our Lives; Eight: Applying the Principles in Our Organizations; Nine: Performing Great at Innovation; Ten: Great Performance in Youth and Age; Eleven: Where Does the Passion Come From?; Acknowledgments; Sources; Index. - What if everything you know about raw talent, hard work, and great performance is wrong? Few, if any, of the people around you are truly great at what they do. But why aren't they? Why don't they manage businesses like Jack Welch or Andy Grove, play golf like Tiger Woods or play the violin like Itzhak Perlman? Asked to explain why a few people truly excel, most of us offer one of two answers: hard work or a natural talent. However, scientific evidence doesn't support the notion that specific natural talents make great performers. In one of the most popular Fortune articles in years, Geoff
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Dewey
153.9 . - 650.1
ISBN
978-1-85788-519-4(h.)

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