Excellent Yahoo! article on What it takes to Be Great

Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work.

Talks about the “10 Year Rule” to become world class (in whatever endeavor you’re striving for), and about how: The best people in any field are those who devote the most hours to what the researchers call “deliberate practice.” It’s activity that’s explicitly intended to improve performance, that reaches for objectives just beyond one’s level of competence, provides feedback on results and involves high levels of repetition.

The conclusion is that you’re not born with greatness - you have to work REALLY hard for it…

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