Talent is overrated: what really separates world-class performers from everybody else
- New York Portfolio/Penguin Group 2008
- 228 p. ; 23 cm.
One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called �What It Takes to Be Great.� Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field--from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch--are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn�t come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades. (http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781591842248,00.html?strSrchSql=9781591842248/Talent_Is_Overrated_Geoff_Colvin)