Geoff Colvin in his book
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, talks about the kind of work that leads to success:
Deliberate practice is characterized by several elements, each worth examining. It is activity designed specifically to improve performance, often with a teacher's help; it can be repeated a lot; feedback on results is continuously available; it's highly demanding mentally, whether the activity is purely intellectual, such as chess or business-related activities, or heavily physical, such as sports; and it isn't much fun.
That's quoted by Sue M. Halpern in
Making It (New York Review of Books), a pondering on the life and success of Warren Buffett and a critical view of
Outliers by Malcom Gladwell.
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