According to authors Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield, there are several things top performers in various fields have in common. As per the husband and wife team’s upcoming book, The Art of Doing: How Superachievers Do What THey Do and How They Do It So Well, there’s certainly a common thread.

Gosfield told Forbes, “Every great success starts with inspiration, but not every inspiration leads to success.The most common thing we found was these people’s devotion to the day-to-day struggle.” Read more