🏆 How do world-class performers really develop?

A fascinating Science review (Güllich et al., 2025) overturns a deeply held belief: early stars are rarely future legends. Across sports, science, music, and chess, peak performers often showed slower early progress, less early specialization, and more multidisciplinary practice.

The lesson is lyrical in its simplicity: breadth before depth, patience before acceleration. For educators, mentors, and institutions, this challenges how we identify talent and design training—short-term brilliance may come at the cost of long-term greatness.

📖 Science (2025): Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance