Do We Unconsciously Favor Talent Over Effort?

The Bulletproof Musician

You're probably heard the quote "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."

But what do you think? 

Both play some role of course, but which do you think is more important for achieving success - innate ability or effortful training?

What would you say if I said that you might be fooling yourself? Where even if you think that you believe effort and training to be more important, deep down, you might actually favor natural ability over hard work?

Are we all biased against effort without realizing it?

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Do We Unconsciously Favor Talent Over Effort?

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2025-06-08 11 min

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