I ran across reviews of two books that seem worthy of a read - Geoff Colvin's "Talent is Overrated" and Malcom Gladwell's new book, "Outliers".
The first one seems to reinforce the dictum "Practice Makes Perfect". Tiger Woods is one of the embodiments of this thesis. Here is a guy with phenomenal talent, yet has been practicing from the age of 3 and shows no sign of letting up on his practice regimen. Over-prepare!
The book by Gladwell focuses on what makes people successful. He has quantified "practice of a skill" to be at least 10,000 hours to be successful. The context - which includes family, heritage, environment, is another big contributor beyond exceptional talent/skill. Bill Gates, The Beatles are some of the successes analyzed in the book.
I plan to check these books out during the Holiday season. Will let you know what I think.
If any one out there has read one of these thoughts, would love to hear from you.
The first one seems to reinforce the dictum "Practice Makes Perfect". Tiger Woods is one of the embodiments of this thesis. Here is a guy with phenomenal talent, yet has been practicing from the age of 3 and shows no sign of letting up on his practice regimen. Over-prepare!
The book by Gladwell focuses on what makes people successful. He has quantified "practice of a skill" to be at least 10,000 hours to be successful. The context - which includes family, heritage, environment, is another big contributor beyond exceptional talent/skill. Bill Gates, The Beatles are some of the successes analyzed in the book.
I plan to check these books out during the Holiday season. Will let you know what I think.
If any one out there has read one of these thoughts, would love to hear from you.
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