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. The trouble
is, scientific evidence doesn't support the notion that
specific natural talents make great performers.
According to distinguished journalist Geoff Colvin, both the hard
work and natural talent camps are wrong. What really makes the
difference is a highly specific kind of effort-"deliberate
practice"-that few of us pursue when we're practicing golf
or piano or stockpicking. Based on scientific research, Talent is
Overrated shares the secrets of extraordinary performance and shows
how to apply these principles. It features the stories of people
who achieved world-class greatness through deliberate
practice-including Benjamin Franklin, comedian Chris Rock, football
star Jerry Rice, and top CEOs Jeffrey Immelt and Steven Ballmer.
Geoff Colvin ist der Chefredakteur des »Fortune Magazine« und einer der angesehensten Journalisten Amerikas. Er hat in Harvard Wirtschaftswissenschaften studiert und seinen MBA an der »New York University's Stern School of Business« erworben. Geoff Colvin hält regelmäßig Vorträge auf der ganzen Welt und hat in den USA eine tägliche Radiosendung. Er lebt in Fairfield, Connecticut.
