"How David Beats Goliath" by Malcolm Gladwell

I just read an excellent article about the importance of effort. Gladwell posits that effort is more important than ability. He backs it up in true Gladwellian fashion with copious amounts of examples. Any article about an Indian software geek coaching a team of nonathletic white kids who reach the national "little-league" championships, while at the same time weaving stories about Lawrence of Arabia and David and Goliath, is an interesting read.

The article is from the New Yorker and can be read in full here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_gladwell