Being 'gifted' can make you lazy, because you can be. It's a temptation for anyone above average. If you can coast and get praise, why kill yourself? Depends

Being 'gifted' can make you lazy, because you can be. It's a temptation for anyone above average. If you can coast and get praise, why kill yourself? Depends on your underlying personality I guess. This phenomenon is also why it's hard to progress a lot farther than your parents level: there's a diminishing level of praise for higher levels of achievement.