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

What sets exceptional people apart from everyone else? Why do some remain mediocre, while others achieve magnificent results? What determines our success—education? Work experience? Ambition? Talent? The author of this book, columnist and editor at Fortune, is certain: talent (as well as everything listed above) has nothing to do with it! Colvin has studied the results of numerous research studies on the nature of success and has reached a convincing conclusion: extraordinary results are achieved by people who practice in a special way in their chosen field of activity. How do they do it? The author answers this question in detail and describes the key principles of “deliberate practice” in his book.