Why talent is overrated

A number of years ago I wrote a short Australian Financial Review Letter to the Editor.

The letter was in response to an article in the AFR where a person named Tony Rutigliano stated that, ‘Training is of little benefit in sales.’

Here’s my letter retort to Rutigliano’s sweeping statement, titled

Good sales people make themselves (it will take you 40 seconds to read).

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Why talent is overrated

“Until most individuals recognize that sustained training and effort is a prerequisite for reaching expert levels of performance, they will continue to mis-attribute lesser achievement to the lack of natural gifts, and will thus fail to reach their own potential.” K Anders Ericsson, Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance.Continue reading