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

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

By Geoff Colvin
(Portfolio — $25.95)

Fortune senior editor Colvin says hard work and skill are not what makes success. Instead, it's what he terms "deliberate practice" —from the off-season training regimen of NFL stars to chess masters' hours spent moving rooks and pawns.