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The Road To Excellence

Why do so few individuals ever reach the highest levels when so many start out on the Road to Excellence? In this book, the world's foremost researchers of expert performance in domains as diverse as sports, medicine, chess, and the arts explore the similarities and differences in the extended and strenuous Road to Excellence taken by the successful individuals in each domain.

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Their findings will intrigue and inspire readers who are themselves driven to achieve or who simply want to better understand the processes involved.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 369 pages

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