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…so few individuals ever come to know their true talent and so many managers fail to notice the clues.
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Everyone has the talent to be exceptional at something. The trick is to find that something.
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No one possesses all of the talents needed to excel in a particular role. Each of us is a couple of talent cards short of a full deck.
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Help each person find a role that asks him to do more and more of what he is naturally wired to do.
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…we now know that excellence in every role requires distinct talents and that these talents, unlike skills and knowledge, are extraordinarily difficult to train.
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…the broad range in pay encourages the person to refine his talents and so become world-class. Great managers advise us to apply the same logic to all roles.
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The energy for a healthy career is generated from discovering the talents that are already there, not from filling oneself up with marketable experiences.
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…if, after pulling out all the stops to manage around his nontalents, an employee still underperforms, the most likely explanation is that his talents do not match his role.
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Rapid learning is an important clue to a person’s talent.
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A person’s sources of satisfaction are clues to his talent.
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