Paraphrasing Dweck's, but also matching my personal experience: At the end to the day, hard work is what allows one to push the limits. A gift/talent is just a

Paraphrasing Dweck's, but also matching my personal experience: At the end to the day, hard work is what allows one to push the limits. A gift/talent is just a good kickstart that makes the owner's life easier, but people with talent are quickly limited if they don't work hard. the biggest issues are that people counting on their gift are afraid of exposing their limitation and become more and more shy of taking risk, they also often don't get into the habit of working.