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But then there’s the Misty Copeland example where talent beat out the kids who had been working hard their whole lives.

Hard work without talent takes you nowhere. 
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She may have started late, but why are you assuming that Misty Copeland didn't work hard?  It sounds like she was motivated enough before formally starting ballet to teach herself a bunch of flips and dance moves.  After she started ballet, she had a combination of extreme talent and a lot of hard work that launched her to the top.  Talent + hard work will make you the best, but a hard working average person generally does better than a lazy talented one.

Also, Misty Copeland is a great example of why results should matter more than either talent or hard work.  After a point, no one cares about your innate talent or how hard of a worker you are.  They care about how skilled you are right now.  Elite ballet companies aren't going to place someone who is an extreme talent, but not yet close to the requisite proficiency level.  [/quote]

Oh, I never said she didn’t work hard. But it is extremely rare for someone to make it in the ballet world without starting at three or four years old. Misty surpassed kids who had been working hard for almost ten years longer than she had because she was amazingly talented and ballet directors could easily see that talent.

She didn’t need all those extra years of coaching to do what she did. And the kids who had had all those extra years of coaching but didn’t have the requisite level of raw talent were never going to make it as professional ballet dancers.

Hard work is great, but hard work without talent will only take you so far. 
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