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Talent Is Never Enough: Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent
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Sales rank 8,295
Customers rating (based on 25 reviews)
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New York Times best-selling author Dr. John C. Maxwell has a message for you, and for today's corporate culture fixated on talent above all else: TALENT IS NEVER ENOUGH. People everywhere are proving him right. Read the headlines, watch the highlights, or just step out your front door: Some talented people reach their full potential, while others self-destruct or remain trapped in mediocrity. What makes the difference? Maxwell, the go-to guru for business professionals across the globe, insists that the choices people make-not merely the skills they inherit-propel them onto greatness. Among other truths, successful people know that: - Belief lifts your talent.
- Initiative activates your talent.
- Focus directs your talent.
- Preparation positions your talent.
- Practice sharpens your talent.
- Perseverance sustains your talent.
- Character protects your talent. . . . and more!!
It's what you add to your talent that makes the greatest difference. With authentic examples and time-tested wisdom, Maxwell shares thirteen attributes you need to maximize your potential and live the life of your dreams. You can have talent alone and fall short of your potential. Or you can have talent plus, and really stand out.
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| Publisher | Thomas Nelson | | Release date | 04/2007 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Hardcover |
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 Every talented person should listen to these cds.
I continually listen to these over and over on a daily basis. Excellent advice turning talent into success. Great stuff.
Great book on how to develop your potential
This book explains that having talent is not enough to be successful. You must work hard to develop your talent in order to become successful. The author outlines 13 factors to maximize a person's talent. They are:
1. Beliefs lifts you talent. When people believe in themselves, they unleash power in themselves that could allow them to reach their potentials.
2. Passion energizes your talent. Passion creates fire, provide fuel and sustain your energy. Passion allows you to carry on no matters how many times you fall down or how other people say that you cannot succeed.
3. Initiative activates your talent. You don't wait for everything to be perfect to move forward. You don't wait for the problem to disappear. You don't wait to gain your confidence or fear to subside. You start by taking the first step and things will get easier when you get momentum.
4. Focus directs your talent. Focus channels your energy to the right place. We should focus on developing our potential. We should focus on the present. We should focus on our strength, not our weaknesses. We should focus on the result to stay grounded. We should focus on the present and not worry about the future.
5. Preparation positions your talent. Preparation precedes opportunity. Preparation for tomorrow begins with the right use of today. Good preparation leads into action. Preparation allows you to position yourself when opportunity arises.
6. Practice sharpens your talent. Consistent practice sharpens your talent. Practice make perfect. Practice requires us to make the extra effort that differentiates us from success with failure. You can never arrive at your talent; you can only continue to strive towards it.
7. Perseverance sustains your talent. Talent provides hope for reaching your potential, but perseverance guarantees it. Perseverance cannot survive without a purpose. Perseverance means succeeding because you are determined to, not destined to. Perseverance recognizes life is not a long race, but many short ones in succession. Perseverance draws sweetness out of adversity. Perseverance means stopping not because we're tired but because the task is done. Perseverance demands all that we have.
8. Courage tests your talent. Courage is a daily virtue. You cannot do anything worthwhile without courage. Our courage will be tested as we seek a truth that we know may be painful. Our courage will be tested when change is needed, when our convictions are challenged and when learning and growing will display our weakness. Our courage will be tested when we face obstacles during our progress. You need to want to reach your potential and be willing to trade what seems good at the moment for what's best for your potential.
9. Teachability expands your talent. It is the desire to learn, unlearn, relearn and apply. You will expand if you keep expecting and striving to learn. Learning is a lifelong pursuit.
10. Character protects your talent. Character comprises of self discipline, core values, sense of identity and integrity. Character builds what's inside you. Character makes a difference in you. Character communicates consistency, longevity and influence. Character affects and influences your choice.
11. Relationships influence your talent. Surround yourself with people who add value to you and encourage you and your talent will go in a positive direction. The relationship in your life can make or break you. You should embrace relationship that expands your energy and avoid relationship that saps your energy. Your relationship will define you, so choose wisely.
12. Responsibility strengthens your talent. Responsibility is the foundation of success. It is a sacrifice that brings tremendous rewards. Responsibility when handled correctly will lead to more responsibilities. It will maximize your ability and expands your opportunity. Take responsibility of being a contributor instead of a liability. Responsible people enjoy an increasingly better reputation.
13. Teamwork multiplies your talent. You cannot do it alone to fulfill your dreams. Partner yourself with others who have strengths in those areas that you do not posses. Teamwork when done correctly has the compounding effect of achieving results. It will also expand your potential. If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. A talented person who is part of a right team becomes more than he ever could on his own.
 Maximize your potential
It's easy to look at a successful athlete who wins the gold medal or scores the championship goal and then solely equate such achievements to talent alone. But in his book Talent is Never Enough, leadership expert John Maxwell tempers those assumptions asserting that talent can be misused and neglected possibly resulting in negative outcomes. Soundview likes this book because it shatters a preconceived convention about what it takes to succeed, which helps remove the excuse that we're all prone to use of, "I'm not talented enough" to accomplish a specific goal. Maxwell rightly points out that there are many extremely talented people who are not successful, and he attributes that disconnect to poor choices on their part. He further contends that there are 13 things that each of us can do to help us fully exploit our natural talents while simultaneously helping us make good decisions - Maxwell calls people who implement this powerful combination "talent-plus" individuals. If you're tired of being an underperformer, this book can help you release your inner, overachiever.
Become a Talent-Plus Person by doing "a little bit more"
Catch 22.
I have to say, I'm a little ambivalent about recommending this work.
Yes, this book has lots of great stuff to say. But... if you're the type of person who enjoys these kinds of books then you've already got a success library which contains virtually everything within the covers of this one.
Don't mean to sound harsh, but the author's not breaking any new ground here. Many of the pithy quotes peppered throughout the book, though apropos, have been liberally used throughout the years.
If you are younger and haven't been exposed to a lot of this type of literature, then I highly recommend this book. It's brimming with great advice on how to maximize your capabilities.
My initial unease regarding the originality of this work was confirmed on page 198, when the author wrote, "One person I most admire is John Wooden, the Hall of Fame former coach of UCLA's basketball team..."
Me too. And since I've devoured all of Wooden's books, I've already seen virtually all of this before.
Of course, if you do have a huge success library, then this stuff is like oxygen to your soul, so by all means add this book and breathe deeply.
I did really love some of the quotes I hadn't seen before, such as this one from the intro.
"You have brains in your head
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose."
-Dr. Seuss
 Talent is never enough, you need luck too.,
I found the book well written and enjoyable, if you are new to this type of self help leadership literature then the book is very useful. It has common sense ideas and is very practical.
The only caution I would add is this: All successful people probably exhibit the types of behaviours suggested in this book, but there are probably many unsuccessful people who exhibit these same behaviours who for one reason or another have not been lucky.
After all, success happens when opportunity meets preparation. Read the book and get at least half of that equation right.
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