Geoffrey Colvin
| Geoffrey Colvin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vermillion, South Dakota |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University[1] |
| Genre | nonfiction |
| Subject | Economics, finance, business |
| Relatives | Shawn Colvin |
| Website | |
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Geoffrey Colvin is the author of Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else (ISBN 9781591842248), co-author of Angel Customers and Demon Customers (ISBN 9781591840077), and a Senior Editor at Large for Fortune Magazine.
Education
Colvin obtained a degree in economics from Harvard, and received his MBA from NYU.[2]
Talent is Overrated
The thesis of Talent is Overrated is that the greatest achievers succeed through endless "deliberate practice." Colvin characterizes it as "Hitting an eight-iron 300 times with a goal of leaving the ball within 20 feet of the pin 80 percent of the time, continually observing results and making appropriate adjustments, and doing that for hours every day - that's deliberate practice.".[3]
With Karen Gibbs, Colvin was co-anchor of Wall Street Week with Fortune on PBS for three years, successor of Louis Rukeyser. He has a daily report "On Business" heard on the CBS Radio Network, where he has made more than 8,000 broadcasts.[4]
Colvin is the brother of singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin.[5]
References
- Footnotes
- ↑ "Allan Sloan and Geoff Colvin". Q & A. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "Biography of Geoff Colvin". Phi Theta Kappa. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Colvin, Geoffrey, Fortune Magazine (19 October 2006). "What it takes to be great". CNN.
- ↑ Fortune Magazine Fortune Magazine. "Editorial Bios : Geoff Colvin".
- ↑ http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/10/21/how-to-stretch-your-talent/