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Abstract Talent development can often benefit from, and indeed may even need, a variety of challenges to facilitate eventual superior adult performance. The importance of psychological competences and characteristics as central to negotiating the performance pathway is well established in the literature; performers high in these constructs are more likely to reach the top and do better when they get there. However, a common and face valid philosophy of many pathways is to minimize the number and impact of developmental challenges for prodigious talent. This presents a potential conundrum: how do young talented musicians build and acquire the confidence, resilience, and psychological characteristics needed to achieve at the highest level if not through overcoming adversity? In this chapter we explore evidence for high levels of life challenge as common correlates of success in performance domains, consider theoretical approaches for this concomitance, and present evidence that supports this causative role.
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