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Expanding on a landmark cover story in Fortune, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance.
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 doesnt come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades.
And not just plain old hard work, like your grandmother might have advocated, but a very specific kind of work. The key is how you practice, how you analyze the results of your progress and learn from your mistakes, that enables you to achieve greatness.
Now Colvin has expanded his article with much more scientific background and real-world examples. He shows that the skills of businessnegotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and all the restobey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. Even the hardest decisions and interactions can be systematically improved.
This new mind-set, combined with Colvins practical advice, will change the way you think about your job and careerand will inspire you to achieve more in all you do.
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Binding :Hardcover
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Manufacturer :Portfolio Hardcover
ProductGroup :Book
Studio :Portfolio Hardcover
Publisher :Portfolio Hardcover
EAN :9781591842248
Price :$25.95USD
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You have your bashers and praisers. Im the latter. This books is great! I remember reading his article on FORTUNE, and, till this day, I havent forgotten it. I think about the opportunities I have missed in my youth, but, now that I think of it, I havent missed anything. Im putting myself to the test, and Im taking those steps to greatness, even if it will take me years to get there. I must start someday, and that someday is...now.
Practice doesnt make perfect ...
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
Mindful, purposeful practice makes perfect.
Author Geoff Colvin of FORTUNE magazine makes a convincing case that we tend t overrate talent as a success factor. He finds others keys to success: lots of hours doing what he calls purposeful practice. His argument has implications for success in all phases of life.
Colvins thesis is well constructed and compelling is a highly readable book. Superb! One of the best books Ive read in 2008!
Largely Based on HBRs "The Making of an Expert, July 2007
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This book is largely a rehash of a major peer reviewed article and may add unnecessary "Hamburger Helper" . In the paper "Making of an expert" by K. Anders Ericsson and others, Harvard Business Review, July 2007 they detail three well accepted conditions:
1. Delibrate Practice - the author sites verbatim
2. World class coaching
3. Enthusiastic family support
The deliberate practice condition also encompasses the 10,000 hours requirement in becoming an expert whether that is business, music or sports to name a few endeavors. This translates into roughly what I call the 4/6/10 phenomena - 4 hours a day, 6 days a week for 10 years. Taking a few weeks off a year helps recovery so its about 1000 hours per year.
Of the three conditions, enthusiastic family support seems to be the catalyst for the other two. That article is well written and easy to read. You can go to that site and pick it up for $7. There are excellent peer reviewed references in that article worth reading. One of the key references is available at this site The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance. It may be a little more academic but if you already have read "The making of an expert" and want more, then this is it.
Must Read!
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0
I am recommending this book to my son who is a college freshman and to my friends with college age kids as well...They simply MUST know this stuff!
This economy is killing success
Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :0
Our country is in for a serious Depression, a real financial funk.
I hope the US Senate allocated funds in TARF for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp, (PBGC), Medicaid and health insurers. If GM and Chrysler go Bankrupt, PBGC must pay pensions which is around 780 billion dollars.
PBGC does not provide Health and Welfare payment- health insurance. Do you have money set aside for those entities? That collapse will be around 780 billion by itself. That does not include unemployment for the auto and their suppliers which may be another 800 billion dollars.
The US senate would rather spend 1.5 trillion dollars in additional bailouts rather than fund a bridge loan for 40 million dollars. Wow, As a UM trained economist I am appalled at our Senate Leaders lack of expertise in basic economics. Our country is in for a serious Depression, a real financial funk.
You need to read, Breakin Out of Your Financial Funk! If the Auto companies go into bankruptcy employees will need this book as we are certainly going to be in a serious financial funk and everyone will need a book to help them pick up the pieces and start again. Or hold onto the pieces.
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