The Power of Process: What Young Mozart Teaches Us About the Secret of Cultivating Genius

In The Genius in All of Us: New Insights into Genetics, Talent, and IQ (public library), David Shenk presents a rigorously researched blend of historical evidence and scientific data to debunk the myth that genius is a special gift serendipitously bestowed upon the chosen few and shows, instead, that it is the product of consistent, concentrated effort, applied in the direction of one’s natural inclination. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/28/the-genius-in-all-of-us-mozart-david-shenk/