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In our own lives, we will try something new and, finding that it isn't easy for us, we conclude we don't have a talent for it.

Geoff Colvin

In our own lives, we will try something new and, finding that it isn't easy for us, we conclude we don't have a talent for it.

Tags: business, hard work, talent

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About Geoff Colvin

Geoffrey Colvin is the author of Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will (ISBN 1857886380); Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else (ISBN 9781591842248); and The Upside of the Downturn: Management Strategies for Difficult Times. He is co-author of Angel Customers and Demon Customers: Discover Which is Which and Turbocharge Your Stock (ISBN 9781591840077). He is a Senior Editor at Large for Fortune Magazine.