We habitually explain any success beyond the scope of ordinary success as talent, and we consider talent itself the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances: someone was lucky to be born a brilliant musician, mathematician or football player, and someone was not. And it seems that no matter how much we work, we will never be equal to the geniuses who received their gift from nature. However, the American journalist and editor of Fortune magazine Jeff Colvin is convinced that this theory is nothing more than an attempt to justify his own more than modest achievements.
We habitually explain any success beyond the scope of ordinary success as talent, and we consider talent itself the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances: someone was lucky to be born a brilliant musician, mathematician or football player, and someone was not. And it seems that no matter how much we work, we will never be equal to the geniuses who received their gift from nature. However, the American journalist and editor of Fortune magazine Jeff Colvin is convinced that this theory is nothing more than an attempt to justify his own more than modest achievements. Exploring the biographies of successful people — from Mozart to the great golfer Tiger Woods and the leaders of major corporations — he debunks the myth of the omnipotence of talent. With reason and wit, Colvin shows how «deliberate practice» (as he calls intense focused effort) leads to extraordinary success in almost any field, regardless of starting opportunities.
Mann, Ivanov and Ferber, 272 p.
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