Geoffrey Colvin

Geoffrey Colvin
Born	Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.
Occupation	Journalist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University New York University (M.B.A.)
Genre	Nonfiction
Subject	Economics, finance, business
Children	1
Relatives	Shawn Colvin (sister)
Website
www.geoffcolvin.com

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.

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.".

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.

Colvin is the brother of singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin.

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External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN
  • C-SPAN Q&A interview with Colvin and Allan Sloan, September 30, 2012