What Makes Someone Truly Great At What They Do?

The author ofTalent is Overrateddiscovered that there is this body of scientific research that he (and almost nobody) didn’t really know about, and when he got into it, Geoff Colvin thought it was incredibly interesting and also extremely important. So he wrote about it.

Talent is Overratedsheds some light on how even though most people spend a great deal of hours working, they perform just okay—not awesomely, not amazingly, not world-class excellent.

When asked to explain why a few people are...