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

Fortune editor Geoff Colvin argues that exceptional performance comes neither from innate talent nor from ordinary hard work, but from deliberate practice: focused, repeated effort designed to improve specific skills, with constant feedback and analysis of results. Citing studies of top performers, the 2008 book reexamines child prodigies such as Mozart and Tiger Woods, showing the years of intensive training behind their achievements, and explains how individuals and organizations can apply the same principles at work.

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Donald Trump: “Geoff Colvin has written a fascinating study of great achievers from Mozart to Tiger Woods, and he has brilliantly highlighted the fact that great effort equals great success. I agree, and Talent Is Overrated is not only inspiring but enlightening. It's a terrific read all the way through.”