When you realize that no matter how hard you work your whole life, you still cannot turn things around, you suddenly remember the power of the forbidden, and finally embark on a path of peeling skin and pulling tendons in your practice.
This is a practice that goes deep into the bones; if you lack talent, then keep learning and repeat countless times, practicing until everyone thinks you were born this way, practicing until no one thinks you exerted any effort.
When you are close to instinctual response, that is what others see as talent. To stand out among the crowd, repeatedly practice patterns, cognition, discipline, and mindset, and don’t worry too much.