Book Titles

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

By Geoff Colvin

Year Published: 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-59184-224-8
Categories: Achievement, Skills, Talent

204 Quotes Found

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Talent is Overrated:

It isn’t just companies that have to keep kicking up their performance more than they ever did before. It’s each of us individually.

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Talent is Overrated:

Today, in a change that is historically quite sudden, financial capital is now abundant. The scarce resource is no longer money. It’s human ability.

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Talent is Overrated:

For virtually every company, the scarce resource today is human ability. That’s why companies are under unprecedented pressure to make sure that every employee is as highly developed as possible…

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Talent is Overrated:

…today, many millions of workers in developed economies compete for jobs [because] a large and growing proportion of all work is information-based and doesn’t involve moving or processing anything physical at all.

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Talent is Overrated:

…a fast-growing number of workers everywhere have to be just as good – and just as good a value – as the very best workers in their field anywhere on earth.

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Talent is Overrated:

If you think your job isn’t exportable, you may be right – but think about it hard before you relax.

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Talent is Overrated:

In a global, information-based, interconnected economy, businesses and individuals are increasingly going up against the world’s best.

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Talent is Overrated:

The costs of being less than truly world class are growing, as are the rewards of being genuinely great.

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Talent is Overrated:

Understanding where extraordinary performance comes from would be valuable at any time. Now it’s crucial.

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Talent is Overrated:

Most of what we want to do is hard. That’s life. Encountering problems, discouragement, and disappointment is inevitable.

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