Amber Neben’s latest column: Opportunity

March 11th, 2010 admin

I just finished reading the book Outliers . I think it is easy to believe that successful people like Bill Gates or Mozart were successful because of some extraordinary talent. And, some of their success was due to talent. However, as you read in the book you learn it was a combination of that talent, a passion to use it, and opportunity that propelled …


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