What it Takes to suprise yourself beyond talent & skill...

Here is a great article from Harvard Business Review on what it takes to meet your expectations of "self", assuming of course, you raise your bar VERY high! If you strive for medium don't read my blog anymore-:)

Author Tony Schwartz refers a few gems of books as reference as well, they are outlined below for you.

Here's the link to his quick blog: 6 Keys to Being Excellent

Here are the recent books on this subject:

• Talent is Overrated by Geoffrey Colvin. My personal favorite.
• The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Genius in All of Us by David Schenk.
• Bounce by Mathew Syed