Expand definition of 'talent'
I recently read a book called "Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else," by Geoffrey Colvin.
Colvin sets out to demonstrate that "world-class performers," compared to performers at the next level down, did not start out with greater innate abilities.
Instead, they simply worked harder and longer. Sometimes they had unusual opportunities, but we usually think of that as "luck" or "good fortune" rather than talent.
In a way, Colvin isn't talking about "talent" at all. Talent is a word we usually use for youngsters or relative beginners. "He has a real talent for the piano," we might say of a child who masters each lesson easily — but we'd never say that about Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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