One of my canonical examples of "first, start with talent" is found in the world's great football (soccer) players. As the most popular sport in the world—and

One of my canonical examples of "first, start with talent" is found in the world's great football (soccer) players. As the most popular sport in the world—and one which a huge share of young persons try to attain some mastery AND where scouts comb every corner of the earth in search of talent—the stars of the sport are outliers on the orders of 1 in 10^7. This YT clip (2m33s) of Neymar, Jr doing "The Crossbar Challenge" demonstrates how far out on the long tail the best players are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zre-uH2p4M0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zre-uH2p4M0 I think it's not controversial to claim no amount of practice could take you to this level unless you "have it."