I read once that when someone told Michelangelo he had an inhuman ability to paint, he replied that if someone observed all the hours it took him just to become an average painter, his talent wouldn't seem so mysterious.
In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell examines scientific data and anecdotal evidence from well-known success stories to answer the question of what makes people successful. Do the successful have to work the hardest or do they have the best luck? In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell examines scientific data and anecdotal evidence from well-known success stories to answer the question of what makes people successful. Gladwell is a master of extracting fascinating stories out of boring research to present interesting facts that make us question the way we view the world. In addition to being entertained.
Outliers shares valuable lessons that entrepreneurs and top performers can learn to help them succeed. (Or make sense of their lack of success.) The key determining factors of success examined in Outliers are: Opportunity, Timing, Upbringing, Effort, Meaningful work, Legacy. In many cases from the book, success really is a matter of luck or circumstances. However, the good news is that success is correlated more with hard work than talent or intelligence. Meaning that there might not be a level playing field, but everyone who is willing to put in the work has a legitimate shot as enjoying success in life.