Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Talent Is Overrated

From Talent Is Overrated by Geoff Colvin

"And what we discovered so far is not what makes some people excel but rather what doesn't. Specifically:

  • It isn't (years of) experience.
  • It isn't specific inborn abilities.
  • It isn't general abilities such as intelligence and memory.
...the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain."

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