What separates the top performers from the rest? It’s easy to point to number of hours practiced, but if you actually look at the data (as Geoff Colvin has done) you’ll discover that there are hundreds of thousands of people who have put in just as many hours as the pros, and yet they’re light years away from their skill level. In Talent is Overrated, Colvin asks the central question: why is that?

While asking this question, he also examines some of the questions about the greats. Was Mozart genetically blessed in a way that 99.99% of people aren’t? The answer to the problem of ineffective practice, and the question of nature versus nurture, are all covered in Colvin’s well received national bestseller. 

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