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TALENT IS OVERRATED BY GEOFF COLVIN

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Becoming good and exceptional at what you do requires a good number of years with deliberate and conscientious practice. Hard work will only amount to excellence when it is deliberate. why we're surrounded by so many people who have worked hard for decades but have never approached greatness. Deliberate practice is hard. It hurts. But it works. More of it equals bet-ter performance. Tons of it equals great performance. Some key observations about deliberate practice are. Great performance is become more valuable and competitive in our world today especially in sports. "Contemporary athletes are superior not because they're somehow different but because they train themselves more effectively. That's an important concept for us to remember". The pressure on us to keep getting better is greater than it used to be because of a historic change in the economy says the author. CWhatonting the unexpected facts about innate abilities. Mozart was a maestro who st