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

Paperback • 2010 • English

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

By Geoff Colvin

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About the book

Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller Asked to explain why a few people truly excel, most people offer one of two answers. The first is hard work. Yet we all know plenty of hard workers who have been doing the same job for years or decades without becoming great. The other possibility is that the elite possess an innate talent for excelling in their field. We assume that Mozart was born with an astounding gift for music, and Warren Buffett carries a gene for brilliant investing....Show more

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ISBN

9781591842941

Publisher

PORTFOLIO

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

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

Format

Paperback

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