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Y'know, I haven't made it past the chapter where he talks about various airlines, so I can't say I loved the entire thing, but I did interpret it pretty differently. I really thought he was coming across as saying talent is important - even for those hockey players, but a big chunk of them just get cut out of the picture, at least in the way that players get picked in the last couple of decades.
My main take away was that circumstance is a bigger deal than we realize - and I think he was advocating against this. In other words, I think he's trying to say 'let's have some [i]*much[/i]* better way to get our best minds positioned for success!!'
Maybe by the end of the book he wraps up well and really makes this point vividly, but I haven't gotten there yet...
anyone else?

Thanks for the enthusiastic opinion!