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BL
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959655
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b714025
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| Main Entry
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Colvin, Geoffrey.
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| Title & Author
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Talent is overrated : : what really separates world-class performers from everybody else /\ by Geoff Colvin.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Portfolio,, 2008.
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228 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1591842247
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: 9781591842248
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
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| Contents
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The mystery -- Talent is overrated -- How smart do you have to be? -- A better idea -- What deliberate practice is and isn't -- How deliberate practice works -- Applying the principles in our lives -- Applying the principles in our organizations -- Performing great at innovation -- Where does the passion come from? -- Understanding the deepest question about great performance.
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| Abstract
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An expansion on the author's popular Fortune article, "What It Takes to Be Great," builds on his premise about success being linked to the practice and perseverance of specific efforts, in a full-length report that draws on scientific principles and real-world examples to demonstrate his systematic process at work.
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Performance.
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Work-- Psychological aspects.
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Arbete-- psykologiska aspekter.
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Begåvning-- psykologiska aspekter.
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Performance.
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Work-- Psychological aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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153.9
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| LC Classification
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BF481.C625 2008
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