Success is not simply a function of talent. In fact it may have very little to do with it at all. This slideshow combines Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers and Geoff Colvin's book Talent is Overrated. It presents the view that world class performers need both social and personal attributes - and talent is not really one of them.

1. Anti-Self-Help

2. Geoff McDonald @BookRapper BookRapper.com

3. The Books
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

4. The Book
Outliers : The Story of Success

5. Malcolm Gladwell
One Author...

6. The Book
Talent is Overrated

7. Geoff Colvin
Another Author...

8. Talent ≠ Success
The BIG Idea

9. Personal Social
Speed RAP

10. Top Performer
Your Challenge : Are you up for it?

11. No shortcut
Book Rapper Says...

12. The Talent Myth
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

13. Personal Social
Our notions of talent are distorted

14. Personal Social
Talent
Passion
Effort
Personal qualities matter

15. Personal Social
Talent Hidden
Advantages
Passion
Effort Extraordinary
Opportunities
Cultural Legacies
Social context matters too!

16. 10,000 Hours
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

17. The Beatles
Had played an estimated 1200 shows by 1964

18. Stars, Good, Unlikely
How much practice have you done?

19. Wolfgang and Tiger
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Separating fantasy from fact

21. Tiger Woods
Acknowledges his success is due to practice

22. Hidden Advantages
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

23. Ice Hockey Success
How to become a NHL player

24. Asians and Maths
Are Asians naturally better at maths?

25. Extraordinary Opportunity
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

26. 1831-1840
1953-1956
Being an Entrepreneur
What’s important about these dates?

27. Bill Gates
Why Bill dropped out of Harvard

28. Cultural Legacy
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

29. Herdsman
Who are you from?

30. Farmer
Who are you from?

31. Rice Grower
Who are you from?

32. Deliberate Practice
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

33. Deliberate Practice
Six Qualities of Specific Training and Skill Development

34. Deliberate Practice Examples
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

35. Benjamin Franklin
How to Become a Great Writer

36. Case Study Method
How to Develop Your Business Acumen

37. Different.
What do you practice? How do you practice?

38. More...
GeoffMcDonald.com/blog

39. You and Others
Your success is based on your qualities and your social context

40. Buy Gladwell’s Books!
Gladwell.com

41. Buy Colvin’s Books!
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42. Nobody does it alone
Success does not occur in a vacuum

43. A
Presentation
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