Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again — a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations.

We live in a world obsessed with talent. But admiring people who start with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills we can learn and how good we can become. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door.

Hidden Potential weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid storytelling — from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. Adam Grant 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.

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.