Becoming successful is easy. You simply have to pick up a golf club as soon you can crawl and, before you know it, you’ll have won 15 major championships. Or learn how to play chess starting at the age of 4, paving your way to grandmaster rankings.
That’s how Tiger Woods and the chess champion siblings known as the Polgar sisters were able to reach success—by getting a head start on the rest of the world, specializing and honing their abilities until they reached mastery.