We live in a world obsessed with talent, where we celebrate gifted students in schools, naturally talented athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. However, our fascination with those who possess innate advantages from the start blinds us to the distances we can cover through learning and acquisition. We always underestimate the amount of skills we can learn, and the degree of excellence we can achieve through acquisition. We can all improve our ability to improve, and when opportunities don't knock on our doors, there are always ways to create our own opportunities. In this book, which provides a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations, Adam Grant offers a blend of pioneering evidence, surprising insights, and realistic storytelling that takes us from classrooms to boardrooms, from playgrounds to the Olympics, and from the depths of the Earth to outer space; to show us that progress depends more on the quality of what you learn than on the effort you exert, for growth lies not in the genius you possess, but in the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the personal skills and motivational structures that help us achieve our latent potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underestimated or overlooked. Many writers have documented the habits of stars who achieve great accomplishments, but this book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater accomplishments, for the true measure of your potential is not in the height of the summit you have reached, but in the distance you have traveled to reach it.