Talent Is Never Enough
by John C. Maxwell
Thirteen choices that make talent produce: belief, passion, initiative, focus, preparation, practice, perseverance, courage, teachability, character, relationships, responsibility, teamwork. It is a character-and-habits book with Maxwell's trademark structure.
Read it if…
you are talented and underperforming and suspect it is character, not skill.
Skip it if…
you want skill training; this is about everything else.
Three things you will actually use
- Talent is a starting point, not an outcome.
- Character turns ability into results.
- Teachability keeps talent growing.
Do this first
Pick the choice you are weakest in and build one habit around it.
Our verdict
Character and habits.
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