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Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

By Geoff Colvin

Challenging the notion of innate genius, this episode explores how world-class performance is forged through deliberate, often uncomfortable, practice, unflinching feedback, and enduring grit, making mastery accessible through effort.

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“Challenging the notion of innate genius, this episode explores how world-class performance is forged through deliberate, often uncomfortable, practice, unflinching feedback, and enduring grit, making mastery accessible through effort.”

— Geoff Colvin, Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

What it is about

deliberate practice, mastery, peak performance

Who it is for

Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of deliberate practice, mastery, peak performance and better judgment in how they apply it.

The author

Geoff Colvin brings a credible and useful lens to deliberate practice, mastery, peak performance, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Geoff Colvin

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