Excellent. The Wall Street JournalSince its publication ten years ago businesspeople
investors doctors parents students athletes and musicians at every level have adopted the
maxims of Talent Is Overrated to get better at what they re passionate about. Now this classic
has been updated and revised with new research and takeaways to help anyone achieve even
greater performance. Why are certain people so incredibly great at what they do? Most of us
think we know the answer but we re almost always wrong. That s important because if we re
wrong on this crucial question then we have zero chance of getting significantly better at
anything we care about. Happily the real source of great performance is no longer a mystery.
Bringing together extensive scientific research bestselling author Geoff Colvin shows where we
go wrong and what actually makes world-class performers so remarkable. It isn t specific
innate talent nor is it plain old hard work. It s a very specific type of work that anyone can
do but most people don t. What s more the principles of great performance apply to virtually
any activity that matters to you. Readers worldwide have been inspired by this book s
liberating message: You don t need a one-in-a-million natural gift. Better performance and
maybe even world-class performance is closer than you think.
