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…grit, talent, and all other psychological traits relevant to success in life are influenced by genes and also by experience.
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82 |
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…no matter their initial talent, great performers in every domain improve through deliberate practice.
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…talent is common; what you invest to develop that talent is the critical final measure of greatness. – Anson Dorrance
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255 |
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‘Extraordinary talent’ is an all-purpose justification for tolerating, pampering, and kissing up to these destructive jerks.
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56 |
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…organizations that drive in compassion and drive out fear attract superior talent, have lower turnover costs, share ideas more freely, have less dysfunctional internal competition, and trump the external competition.
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172 |
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Once the talent market is made universally accessible, those at the peak of the market thrive while the rest suffer.
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25 |
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…talent is not a commodity you can buy in bulk and combine to reach the needed levels; There’s a premium to being the best.
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If you can’t produce, you won’t thrive – no matter how skilled or talented you are.
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32 |
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…years of hard work are often mistaken for innate talent, and… passion is as necessary as perseverance to world-class excellence.
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Talented people don’t need to work for you: they have plenty of options.
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