The central focus of Geoff Colvin’s article, What it takes to be great, published on October 30 2006, is research on how people become great. Colvin notes that the researchers were first curios why people are great and that led them to study famous people. While many believe that there is only natural talent the researchers and Colvin, conclude that greatness is not made by natural talent but through deliberate practice. In fact a quote from the article states, “The first major conclusion is that nobody is great without work”. This shows how without work you will not be great.Deliberate practice involves devoting many hours to things consistency, learning from mistakes and not giving up. To support his argument, Colvin shares research on how
