what really separates world-class performers from everybody else
Colvin, Geoffrey
2008
The author debunks the myth that some people are born with innate talent, and maintains that the secret to exceptional performance in any field depends on how hard the individual challenges himself.
Ingenious eight-year-old Owen wants to make money for the things he absolutely needs such as plastic vomit, but he tries to come up with some alternatives to earning an allowance, which sounds like too much work.
Surveys new experimental and alternative approaches to work being utilized by governments and industry to combat job dissatisfaction and the needless waste of human resources.
When Francisco, a young Mexican American boy, tries to help his grandfather find work, he discovers that even though the old man cannot speak English, he has something even more valuable to teach Francisco.
Every day Zeke's mama ran down the five long flights of stairs to go to work. His daddy went down to work, too, but not to the kind of jobs Zeke's mama liked.