Gladwell presents a fascinating and provocative blueprint for making the most of human potential. Apparently there is a hidden logic to the road to success and not only intelligence and ambition.

Considered to be the epitome of children’s literature, The Secret Garden is actually less about the garden to me as an adult, than it was to me as a child. As a child, the garden – this beautiful, safe place that no one else knew about – was the most exciting, magical place, but now, the...