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by really significantly outrunning his competition. He's running 
at most a percent faster than the one who loses the race. And 
not only does he run only one percent faster than the second 
one, but he doesn't run 10 times faster than I do -- and I'm not 
a good runner, trust me on that.
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And every time we are able to measure performance, we 
notice something very interesting; that is, performance is 
bounded. What it means is that there are no huge variations in 
human performance. It varies only in a narrow range, and we 
do need the chronometer to measure the differences. This is 
not to say that we cannot see the good from the best ones, but 
the best ones are very hard to distinguish. And the problem 
with that is that most of us work in areas where we do not 
have a chronometer to gauge our performance.
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Alright, performance is bounded, there are no huge differences 
between us when it comes to our performance. How about 
success? Well, let's switch to a different topic, like books. One 
measure of success for writers is how many people read your 
work. And so when my previous book came out in 2009, I was 
in Europe talking with my editor, and I was interested: Who is 
the competition? And I had some fabulous ones. That week --
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Dan Brown came out with "The Lost Symbol," and "The Last 
Song" also came out, Nicholas Sparks. And when you just look 
at the list, you realize, you know, performance-wise, there's 
hardly any difference between these books or mine. Right? So 
maybe if Nicholas Sparks's team works a little harder, he could 
easily be number one, because it's almost by accident who 
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