The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle is a fun narrative telling of the stories of a number of hotbeds of talent across the world and how they tend to be hotbeds of hard work more than any kind of natural ability. The author is a reporter and not a practitioner himself, so the stories are mostly secondhand and the coverage of the “amazing discovery” of myelin can be a little breathless at times. Despite that, it’s an enjoyable read that might spark some ideas and give you some inspiration that skill isn’t born, it’s grown.