卓越之路：世界级表演者往往是晚成者

World-class performers are often late bloomers WHAT DOES IT TAKE to become the best at something? The answer may not lie in early childhood excellence or in lifelong, laser-focused dedication. Instead the path to becoming excep- tional at a skill might involve a lot more meandering. That’s according to recent research published in Science that seeks to un- tangle what it takes to excel in different performance areas, from sports to chess to classical music. Somewhat counter- intuitively, the study authors learned, people who showed the greatest prom- ise in their discipline as children rarely went on to reach the pinnacle of their field as adults. …