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Talent is overrated what really separates world-class performers from everybody else

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Portfolio 2008Description: 228 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781857886597
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.9COL
Summary: 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.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma 153.9COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 004175

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.

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.

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