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    The document summarizes an article by Geoff Colvin that discusses research into what makes people great. The research looked at why some people learn fast initially but then their learning slows down, leading them to study famous high-achieving individuals. While some believe greatness is genetic, Colvin and the researchers concluded that genetics provide the ability for deliberate practice, which involves intensive training in order to achieve greatness. Deliberate practice is a skill that can be learned, rather than being predetermined genetically.

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    The document summarizes an article by Geoff Colvin that discusses research into what makes people great. The research looked at why some people learn fast initially but then their learning slows down, leading them to study famous high-achieving individuals. While some believe greatness is genetic, Colvin and the researchers concluded that genetics provide the ability for deliberate practice, which involves intensive training in order to achieve greatness. Deliberate practice is a skill that can be learned, rather than being predetermined genetically.

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    The document summarizes an article by Geoff Colvin that discusses research into what makes people great. The research looked at why some people learn fast initially but then their learning slows down, leading them to study famous high-achieving individuals. While some believe greatness is genetic, Colvin and the researchers concluded that genetics provide the ability for deliberate practice, which involves intensive training in order to achieve greatness. Deliberate practice is a skill that can be learned, rather than being predetermined genetically.

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    AllenOseguera

    Ms.Dietrich
    English7,Period2
    January22nd,2016
    Summary
    ThecentralfocusofGeoffColvinsarticleWhatIttakestoBeGreat,Published
    Fortune,
    October30,2006,isresearchonWhatmakespeoplesogreatandhowdoes
    thishappentopeople.Colvinsnotesthattheresearcherswerefirstcuriouswhypeople
    learnfastandthenitslowsdownandthatledthemtostudytheyresearchedonfamous
    people.
    Whilemanybelievethattheresearchersthinkitsgenetic,theresearchersandGeoff
    Colvinconcludethatgreatnesscomesfromgenesthroughdeliberatepractice.
    Deliberatepracticeinvolvescorrectgrammar,andamainplotinthearticle.Tosupport
    hisargument,Colvinsharesthatbeinggreatisaskillandnotreallygenetic.Ultimately,
    Colvinpresentsthisinformationsothatitistruebeinggreatisbasedonskill.

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