Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

 
　　我們的世界極其迷信「才能」。人們不吝讚美資優學生、天才運動員、音樂神童，但褒揚先天優勢的行為，也讓我們過度低估了自己與他人的能力。每個人都有機會透過努力而進步，而當機會沒有降臨，我們也可以自己創造可能。
 
　　本書提供了新的思考框架，鼓勵讀者大膽訂立志向、勇於超越自己的「極限」。格蘭特巧妙交織科學研究資料與生動的人生故事，向我們說明，成長的關鍵因素，並非一個人所擁有的天賦，而是他所發展出的性格特質。他在書中探討培養重要的性格技能、保持前進動能，以及系統性地為更多人創造機會的方法，讓人人都能解鎖個人潛力，綻放光彩。
 
　　許多相關主題的書籍，著重在探討各領域的超級巨星是如何創造輝煌成就，但這部作品，則揭示了任何人都可以透過書中的技巧，企及自己未曾預期的高度。格蘭特運用充滿說服力的文字，鼓勵更多人重新思考並理解：真正丈量自身潛力的方式，不在於你所達成的目標有多大，而是為了到達心中的那座高峰，你能夠成長多少、走得多遠。(文/博客來編譯)

　　“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would’ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress.”
　　—Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion

　　The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights.

　　We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door.

　　Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid storytelling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess—it’s about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the character skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.

　　Many writers have chronicled the habits of superstars who accomplish great things. This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.