“deliberate practice requires that one identify certain sharply defined elements of performance that need to be improved, and then work intently on them.” — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“What you want—really, deeply want—is fundamental because deliberate practice is a heavy investment.” — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“deliberate practice requires that one identify certain sharply defined elements of performance that need to be improved, and then work intently on them.” — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“Mozart’s earliest symphonies, brief works written when he was just eight, hew closely to the style of Johann Christian Bach, with whom he was… — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“When Tchaikovsky finished writing his Violin Concerto in 1878, he asked the famous violinist Leopold Auer to give the premier performance. Auer studied the… — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“If you set a goal of becoming an expert in your business, you would immediately start doing all kinds of things you don't do… — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“until the late twentieth century—the scarce resource in business was financial capital. If you had it, you had the means to create more wealth,… — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“if customer ignorance is a profit center for you, you’re in trouble.” — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“Ambitious parents who are currently playing the ‘Baby Mozart’ video for their toddlers may be disappointed to learn that Mozart became Mozart by working… — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
“What you want—really, deeply want—is fundamental because deliberate practice is a heavy investment.” — Geoff Colvin Copy Share Image
