I belive that talent is a very important part when it comes to fighting for the top achievements. I believe talents come in different ways, and it’s different for every realm. For example, for sports, the talents may be genetics, may be body parameters(such as height, leg ratio, etc.) These talents determine that people with them will have a higher starting point, and if they work hard enough, their upper limit wil also be higher. But if for other realms that mostly requires brain functions, there are the talents that they might learn things much faster. With the same amount of time they can learn more and able to comprehend the knowledge better. These talents exist, and there are plenty evidence that supports this. I believe that we need to see those talents, face them, and admit we might not be as good as someone in case of talent. Then it is up to you to decide whether go down this path.